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An
(also ) is an index of
Vedic hymns, recording
poetic meter, content, and traditions of authorship.
The most important Anukramani is
Katyayana's
Sarvanukramani of the
Rigveda (ca. 2nd century BC), recording the first word, the number of verses, name and family of poets (
rshis), names of
deities and
metres for each of the 1,028 hymns of the Rigveda.
Mayrhofer (2003) discusses the personal names contained in the Rigveda Anukramani, counting 543 items. Academic opinion regarding the age and authenticity of the tradition of these names isn't unanimous. Mayrhofer suggests that
Hermann Oldenberg (1888) was essentially correct in assuming that
» "the editors of the lists of authors [...] [possessed] a correct notion of the families associated with these Mandalas [theRigvedic "family books" 2–7],
possibly rooted in tradition. Beyond this, they don't betray as much as the slightest sign of any genuine tradition on the hymn authors." (p. 229)
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