Questions tagged [recension]
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Confirmation on the number of verses in different editions of the Valmiki Ramayana
There is a slight confusion In the number of verses attributed to different edition of the Valmiki Ramayana in the critical edition published by BORI.
As regards the critical edition, the critical ...
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Why do Vedas have śākhās? Are all of them apauruṣeyā?
This table lists the Vedas and their extant śākhās under the Saṃhitā column. My question has to do with the śākhās.
Note that the bracketed terms in the Saṃhitā column are names of the
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Which lines of Mahābhāṣya of Patañjali say that Vedas had 1131 śākhās (recensions)?
This answer quotes Mahābhāṣya of Patañjali as the Vedas having 1138 1131 śākhās (recensions).
Originally as per Mahabhasya of Patanjali there were 21 Shakhas of RigVeda, 101 Shakhas of Yajurveda, ...
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