The verse occurs in several of the Vikṛti works collected in K. V. Abbhyankar and G. V. Devasthali, Vedavikṛtilakṣaṇa-Saṃgraha (a collection of twelve tracts on Vedavikṛtis and allied topics) (Poona: BORI, 1978).

E.g.,

1. Vyāḍikṛtā Vikṛtivallī v.5 (of 28 verses total), and discussed in the commentary on this work, Vikṛtikaumudī, by Gaṅgādharabhaṭṭācārya.
Aṣṭavikṛtilakṣaṇāni, v. 1. Unique MS copied in AD 1904.
Jaṭāpaṭalakārikāvyākhyā, v.2. Unique undated MS (therefore to be assumed to be early 19th century).
Hayagrīvakṛtaṃ Jaṭāpaṭalam and commentaries - generally not mentioned.
Madhusūdanamaskarin's Aṣṭavikṛtivivṛti, verse 3. Datable MSS of this work from AD 1790 onwards.
Kauṇḍinyaśikṣā - no.
Kramapaṭala - no.
Ṛkprātiśākhya 3 with Uvaṭa - no.
Jayantasvāmin's Svarāṅkuśa - no.

So, the general picture is that there are roughly three main traditions of these texts. Those derived from a Vyāḍi, those named after Hayagrīva, and those associated with Prātiśākhya and śikṣā texts. The verse in question occurs in the first tradition, and not in the others.

Abhyankar and Devasthali's claims that this Vyāḍi is the ancient authority mentioned in the Mahābhāṣya are to be discounted.

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Dominik

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On 21 April 2011 14:01, (Maitreya) Borayin Larios <shrimaitreya@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear list

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 ghanaḥ
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?

Thank you all for your responses and happy Easter!
Best,
Borayin M. Larios

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