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xxxii] THE KASHMIR KHILA COLLECTION [Introduction tam ketumantam tricakram (10); 4. krsas tvam bhuvanasya te (11); 5. imāni rām bhagadheyani sisrataḥ (7); 6. ayam somas susomo adribudhnaḥ (6); 7. yadā yunjathe maghavanam āśum (3); 8. yam gachathas sutapi devarantam (6); 9. ayam somo devayaran sumedhaḥ (4); 10. idam deva bhagadheyam (8); 11. äśrinā vahatam pivarih (8). This makes an aggregate of eighty-four stanzas. The second Adhyaya contains seventeen hymns, eleven of which are printed in Aufrecht's edition (ii-xii). The six others which follow the S'risukta are described in the notes on Brhaddevata v. 91, 92. The thirteenth (cakṣuḥ) and the fifteenth (svapnaḥ) each consist of a single stanza only, while the corresponding khilas in Aufrecht (viii and x) have two and eight additional stanzas respectively. The third Adhyaya contains twenty-two hymns, the last being that of Nakula (brahma jajñanam). Of these only five¹ appear in Aufrecht, and one besides in Max Müller 2. Two of the latter are much shorter than in Aufrecht or Max Müller. The tenth, beginning päramänih, in which there is a lacuna after the middle of the third stanza, has six stanzas according to the Anukramani; while in Aufrecht this khila has no fewer than twenty. The seventeenth (dhruva) ³, which consists of a single stanza, forms the conclusion of a khila of six stanzas in Aufrecht. Aufrecht's xvi, consisting of one stanza, is not to be found in the collection. The fourth Adhyaya consists of fourteen khilas, most of which are quoted by the Brhaddevatã and all of which are described in the notes 4. Six of them are found in Aufrecht 5, one of these, however (a rätri), having only four stanzas to Aufrecht's fourteen. The fifth Adhyaya comprises at least twenty-three khilas, of which, however, only the first four are noticed in the Brhaddevata. The last in Aufrecht is one of these (samjñanam). The fifth, of eleven stanzas, beginning agnir deveddhaḥ and characterized in the Anukramani as yajumsi, is mentioned in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa. The eighteenth, with eighteen stanzas, beginning eta aśvaḥ (= AV. xx. 129. 1), is in the Anukramani ascribed to Aitaśa. The nineteenth, of six stanzas, beginning ritatau kiranau (=AV. xx. 133. 1-6), is referred to in the Brhaddevatā (i. 57) as an example of 'enigma.' It is quite possible that several of the stanzas which seem to be quoted in the Brhaddevata from other Vedas, may really be meant to refer to khilas of the Rg-veda. With the exception of a few small lacunae, which could probably be ¹ xiii, xiv, xv, xvii, xviii. That beginning ilaiva (no. xviii). 3 This khila seems to be treated by the Brhaddevata as the last stanza of RV. x. 85. Cp. vii. 137, note b ; Oldenberg, Prolego- mena, p. 507, bottom. 4 See notes on viii. 44, 45, 51, 58, 59, 69, 93. 5 Corresponding to his xix, xx. 1, XX. 2-12, xxii, xxiii, xxiv. See notes on viii. 93, 94, 100.