Am 21.04.2011 14:01, schrieb (Maitreya) Borayin Larios:
In my fieldwork on the Vedic schools of Maharashtra, the following verse was given to me by a vaidika describing the recitational permutations of the Veda.

jaṭā mālā śikhā rekhā dhvajo daṇḍo ratho ghana
ityaṣṭo vikṛti proktaḥ kramapūrva maharṣibhiḥ


When asked about the textual source, the vaidika wasn't able to produce a textual reference. He only said it was a quite popular verse. I haven't been able to trace it back yet. Does anybody know in which text this verse might be found?
The verse is cited in Maheśvara's commentary on Amarakośa, Kāṇḍa 1, śabdādivarga, verse 4 (p. 35 of the edition Bombay 1907). The commentator does not give a source for this quotation.

hope it helps
Peter Wyzlic
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