The Relative Chronology of the nivids and praiṣas and the Standardisation of Vedic Ritual.

Analysis of the language and formulaics of the Vedic liturgical prose texts known as nivids and praisas reveals that they presuppose a complete, multi-lineage collection of the Rgveda, yet are linguistically more archaic than the bulk of mantras incorporated into the standarised srauta ritual. This...

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Published in:	Indo-Iranian Journal Vol. 57; no. 3; pp. 199 - 222
Main Author:	Proferes, Theodore N.
Format:	Article
Published:	Brill Academic Publishers 2014
Subjects:	Vedic literature Liturgics Vedic language Vocabulary Terms & phrases Sentences (Grammar)
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