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Publisher: Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, Kolkata |
| Author: Dr. Indrani Kar | |
| Language: English | |
| Pages: 549 | |
| Cover: Hardcover | |
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8.7" X 5.7" |
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Weight 690 gm |
| Edition: 2005 | |
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| Preface | |||
| Preamble: On Sayana | 1-10 | ||
| 1. | Sayana: His Life History | 1 | |
| 2. | The Date of Sayana | 3 | |
| 3. | The works of Sayana | 3 | |
| 4. | The Vedic Commentaries of Sayana | 4 | |
| 5. | Chronology of his works | 6 | |
| 6. | Sayana as a Vedic interpreter | 7 | |
| Chapter One: Introduction | 11-34 | ||
| 1. | Statement of the problem | 11 | |
| 2. | A Survey of earlier studies | 14 | |
| 3. | Indian methodology vis-a-vis Sayana | 16 | |
| 4. | Sayana's methodology as adopted in the Rgveda | 19 | |
| 5. | Some new ideas elicited from sayana's Commentary | 30 | |
| 6. | Sayana's commentary helpful for understanding the Vedic texts | 32 | |
| Chapter Two: Rsi, Chandah, Devata | 35-110 | ||
| 1. | Rsi | 35 | |
| 2. | Chandah | 59 | |
| 3. | Devata | 92 | |
| Chapter Three: Viniyoga (Ritual Application) | 111-280 | ||
| 1. | Yajna and its nature. | 111 | |
| 2. | Classification of Sacrifices | 114 | |
| 3. | Description of the Sacrifices | 118 | |
| 4. | Agnyadhana | 118 | |
| i) | The Previous Night of Agnyadhana | 119 | |
| ii) | Agnimanthana | 120 | |
| iii) | Setting up of the Garhapatya | 121 | |
| iv) | Setting up of the Ahavaniya | 121 | |
| v) | Setting up of the Daksina | 121 | |
| vi) | Conclusion of Agnyadhana | 121 | |
| vii) | Agnyadhana mentioned by Sayana | 123 | |
| 5. | Angihotra | 133 | |
| i-ii) | Entering the agnisala etc. | 134 | |
| iii-v) | Offering in all the fires | 134 | |
| vi) | Drinking of remaining milk and throwing of wood stick | 134 | |
| vii) | Agnihotra as mentioned by Sayana | 136 | |
| 6. | Darsa Purnamasa Isti | 139 | |
| i-ii) | Previous Day of the Darsa Purnamasa | 140 | |
| iii-vi) | Sacrificial Day | 141 | |
| vii) | Prayaja | 141 | |
| viii) | Ajyabhaga | 141 | |
| ix) | Pradhanayaga with Upamsuyaga | 142 | |
| x) | Svistakrdyaga | 142 | |
| xi) | Anuyaja | 142 | |
| xii-xiii) | Havihsesabhaksana, Prastaradaha, Paridhidaha, Samsrava homa | 143 | |
| xiv) | Patnisamyaja | 143 | |
| xv) | Samistayajurhoma | 144 | |
| xvi-xvii) | Visnukramaprakramana, Daksina. | 144 | |
| xviii) | Darsa purnamasa as mentioned by Sayana | 144 | |
| 7. | Agrayana Sacrifice | 158 | |
| i-iv) | Offering to the four deities of the sacrifice | 159 | |
| v) | Sayana on Agrayana sacrifice | 159 | |
| 8. | Caturmasya Sacrifice | 162 | |
| i) | Vaisvadeva Parvan | 163 | |
| ii) | Varunapraghasa parvan | 163 | |
| iii) | Sakamedha parvan | 163 | |
| iv) | Sunasiriya parvan | 164 | |
| v) | Caturmasya sacrifice as mentioned by Sayana | 165 | |
| 9. | Animal Sacrifice | 177 | |
| i-ii) | Preparation of the Vedis, Agnipranayana | 178 | |
| iii) | Preparation of the Yupa, Yupanjana | 179 | |
| iv) | Upakarana, Pasuniyojana | 179 | |
| v) | Samidheni karma | 179 | |
| vi) | Prayaja and others | 179 | |
| vii) | Pradhanayaga | 180 | |
| vii-ix) | Svistakrdyaga, Havihsesabhaksana | 180 | |
| x) | Anuyaja, Upayaja | 181 | |
| xi-xiii) | Patnisamyaja, Visnukramaprakramana, Daksina | 181 | |
| xiv) | Animal Sacrifice as mentioned by Sayana | 181 | |
| 10. | Sautramani sacrifice | 196 | |
| i-iv) | Three types of offering and sharing the remnants | 196 | |
| v) | Sayana on Sautramani Sacrifice | 196 | |
| 11. | Some Sacrifice | 197 | |
| I. | Ekaha (Jyotistoma) | 198 | |
| i-iv) Preparatory days | 204 | ||
| v) Sacrificial day | 206 | ||
| a. Pratahsavana | 206 | ||
| b. Madhyadinasavana | 209 | ||
| c. Trtiyasavana | 210 | ||
| II. | Ahina | 213 | |
| III. | Sattra | 215 | |
| IV. | Sayana on the Jyotistoma Sacrifice | 217 | |
| V. | Sayana on the Ahina Sacrifice | 242 | |
| VI. | Sayana on the Sattra Sacrifice | 255 | |
| 12. | Sayana on the Grhya Sacrifices | 265 | |
| 13. | Sayana on Rgvidhana Problem | 273 | |
| Chapter Four: Grammar | 281-363 | ||
| 1. | The method of Grammatical analysis of Sayana I - Phonology | 281 | |
| 1. | Phonology rarely discussed | 285 | |
| 2. | Change of d>1 | 286 | |
| 3. | Accent | 286 | |
| 4. | Sandhi (Euphonic combination) II - Morphology | 292 | |
| 1. | Noun | 295 | |
| 2. | Pronoun | 302 | |
| 3. | Verb | 316 | |
| i) | Formation of Verbs | 318 | |
| 1. Present stem system | 329 | ||
| 2. Aorist stem System | 330 | ||
| 3. Perfect stem System | 332 | ||
| ii) | Aspect and Perfect | 332 | |
| iii) | Interchange between tenses and moods | 348 | |
| Chapter Five: Vocabulary | 365-437 | ||
| Chapter Six: Omission of certain texts and References to the fragments of the lost Brahmanas | 439-451 | ||
| 1. | Omission of certain texts | 439 | |
| 2. | References to the fragments of the lost Brahmanas | 444 | |
| Chapter Seven: Conclusion | 452-456 | ||
| Appendix 1: References to the Original Sanskrit Text | 457-504 | ||
| Appendix II: Notes and References | 505-528 | ||
| Appendix III: Bibliography | 529-546 | ||
| Appendix IV: Abbreviations | 547-549 | ||
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