Re: [INDOLOGY] Why there is no Padapāṭha for this mantra

[Johannes Bronkhorst]

The following article mentions the six verses of the Ṛgveda that have no Padapāṭha (on p. 44):
Kashikar, C. G. (1951): "The problem of the gaḷantas in the Ṛgveda-Padapāṭha." Proceedings of the All-India Oriental Conference 13 (1946), 39-46.
Commenting on this, I wrote in 1981 (p. 87): "This is most easily explained by the assumption that these verses were not considered part of the Ṛgveda by Śākalya. It further shows that the final redactors did not hesitate to deviate from the composer of the Padapāṭha in deciding what did, and what did not, belong to the Ṛgveda. (It is interesting to note that at least one hymn of the Ṛgveda (10.95) is known to have had fewer verses than at present at as late a date as that of the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa. See Oldenberg, 1912: 303.)"
"The orthoepic diaskeuasis of the Ṛgveda and the date of Pāṇini." Indo-Iranian Journal 23 (1981), pp. 83-95.
http://my.unil.ch/serval/document/BIB_F9751BB34E62.pdf
with a reference to:
Oldenberg, Hermann (1912): Ṛgveda. Textkritische und exegetische Noten. Siebentes bis Zehntes Buch. Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung.
Johannes Bronkhorst

On 23 Sep 2018, at 06:05, Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info<mailto:indology at list.indology.info>> wrote:

RV 7.59.12 त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धि पुष्टिवर्धनम्। उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान्मृत्योर्मुक्षीय माऽमृतात्। does not have a Padapāṭha.  This is not a repeated mantra in the RV Saṃhitā.  What might be the reason why this mantra does not have a Padapāṭha?  Is it likely that there were a few post-Padapāṭha additions to the RV Saṃhitā?  Someone asked this question on another discussion group.

Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor Emeritus
Sanskrit and Linguistics
University of Michigan
[Residence: Campbell, California]
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