ORIENTAL TRANSLA TION F UND NEW SERIES XV VO L. III SANKHAYANA ARANYAKA WITH AN APPENDIX O N TH E MA H AVRATA ART R B IEDALE EIT H U ERR K H M . A B . L . O , , . O th e In ner Tem le B arrister-d l -Law and o th o n f p , , f e C lo ial Ofice PRINTED AND P UBLISH ED UNDER TH E P A TRONAGE OF TH E ROYA L A SIATIC SOCIETY A ND SOLD AT 22 ALBEMARLE STREET L ND N , , O O 1 9 0 8 C O N T E N T S. P A G E S V l l —XV The Mah avrata I ah I. The M avrata (c o n clu sio n ) The Pa th after Dea th Na IV. The ture o f Brahm an Un o f S V. The ity the elf V I. The Defin itio n s o fBrahm an The Sam hita Upan i sad The Sam hita Upan i sad (co n clusi o n ) I n X . The Strife o fthe Se ses X n n h . The I ter al Agn i o tra P a XI. The resages o f De th The Spell o f the Bilva A m ulet The Brahm an O fferi n g The Brahm an O fferin g (co n clusi o n ) Vam sa X V. The T A P PE NDIX . h e Ma hdvm ta P R E F A C E . 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I i cli ed thi k th t it is importan t in S an skrit s tudies to o b serve so me pro po rtio n n e fio rt n an d a o f s an d betwee the expe ded the v lue the re ult, I tr ust that this tran slatio n will affo rd studen ts of the V eda a m an s o f. s n as e n o f m an d e eei g , with the le t xpe diture ti e o a a ankh a an a an a a S o n a n s . tr uble , ex ctly wh t the y Ar y k c t i A full compariso n with the Aitareya Aran yaka will be fo un d . in m n a o in n s to y editio of the l tter w rk , the I dexe which I have in cluded the lexico graphical an d other matter of the Sankh fiy an a so fully as t o ren der an In dex to thi s tran slation n eedless . a a as o n a n s an A n o n I h ve dded, of m re ge er l i tere t, ppe dix Mah rat s a n the fiv a rite . Thi p per was prepared fo r the rece t P EFA C R E . n o n ss o f o n s at O o w as meeti g of the C gre Religi xf rd, which I u n a o a n o m a n di n at sso v id bly preve ted fr tte g, but which Profe r a f a M acdo n ell very kin dly read n abstract o the p per . I have to express m y heartiest than ks to the Co un cil o f the Ro yal A siatic S o ciety for accepti n g this tran slatio n fo r s s an d ss s fo r a o sh e their erie , to Mi Hughe the gre t tr uble h as been so good as to take t o s ecure its satisfactory pro ductio n d m n o an o s . sso E elin to re ve error Profe r gg g , u der wh m n t o a n an s h as o n m e n o f I comme ced le r S krit, d e the ho our readin g a proof an d of m akin g suggestio n s which I have n n bee o ly too glad to accept . E E E E . A . B RRI DA L K ITH Lo ndo n Se tem b er 1 8 90 . , p , IN TRO D UC TIO N . TH E Mah avrata in the fo rm described in the Sankh ayan a A ran yaka is the cerem o n ial perfo rm ed o n the seco n d last day o f the Gavam ay an a Sattra, a sacrifice exten din g o ver a year f A s a o m o f A n ist o m a an d symb o lic o the year . f r the g the a a o f da is its s n n o a s ritu l fe ture the y divi io i t three p rt , the o n n m a an d n n ss n s o f o m a an d m r i g, idd y , eve i g pre i g the S their acco m pan yi n g Sto tras of the Sam an sin gers an d Sastras o f r a a a a a the H o t s . The S str s alo n e are system tic lly de lt with in Sankh a an a A an a a o m n o n is m a a s the y r y k , th ugh e ti de l o o f s n n Sto tr In m o n n s s n the corre po di g as . the r i g pre i g there co rrespo n d t o the B ah ispavam an a an d t o fo ur A jya Sto tras the A jya an d P raii ga Sastras o f th e E c tr an d three A jy a I m a ss n Sastras o f the H o trak as . n the idd y pre i g there co rrespo n d t o t h e Mfidh y an din apavam an a Sto t ra an d fo ur P rsth a Sto tras the Maru tvatiya an d Nisk e valy a Sastras o f In the E c tr an d three N1 sk evalya Sastras o f the H o trak as . the even in g pressin g there co rre sp o n d to the A rb h avap avam an a ' Sto tra an d the Y aj fl ay aj fiiya Sam an the V aisvadeva an d im A gn éru ta Sastras . s as as o difieren t s a s o f The e S tr receive , h wever, very h re the a n n o f th e w o f A ran ak a i an d . A an tte tio riter the y , ii fter n o o n 1 h e o s a s n a A a i tr ducti (i , ) dev te i gle ch pter to the jy an d P raii a as as an d o n e t o Maru tvati a g S tr (i , the y as a t n s s an d a n s o n s S tr (i , He he de cribe expl i the cerem ie n m m a Nisk eval a as a o r a a Ukth a precedi g i edi tely the y S tr M h d , o m s ss n a an d s a o f a which f r the e e ti l highe t p rt the ritu l , o m n n o a n s o f 4 in o a n c m e ci g with the bl tio ghee (i , ; terp l ti g a n o f V isvam itra an d o n n lege d (i, c cludi g with the n a o f m o n n o f s n 7 ceremo i l the u ti g the wi g ( i , ; which s o z s su n .