The library of Anonymous (Vedic)
Across all 2 works of Anonymous (Vedic)’s in the library, the harvest finds 169 named sources — 189 citations in all. The library holds 5 of them; the rest are the corpus’s wanted list. In the other direction, 3 works in the library quote Anonymous (Vedic) back — 19 citations.
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30 neutral 1 refuted 15 extended Of the 189 citations Anonymous (Vedic) makes, 1 argues against the text it cites.
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Anonymous (Vedic) 6 neutral 1 extended 17 citations
May Aditi with the Ādityas guard me from the western quarter … [remainder of verse as in 18.
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) · kanda 18 · the passage explicitly cross-references and abbreviates a parallel verse elsewhere in the same work ¶ -
Veda Vedic tradition (unspecified) 3 citations
- Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
- kanda 4 · kanda 16 · kanda 19
- 3 citations
May the Brāhmaṇas partake of the oblation, even as Kaśyapa does so in accordance with the Veda.
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) · kanda 4 · the Veda invoked as the authoritative standard for correct ritual performance ¶ -
Bṛhaspati 2 citations
- Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
- kanda 12 · kanda 16
- 2 citations
Open thyself, O [thou who art] of the Bārhastyasāman;
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) · kanda 12 · named liturgical chant invoked as ritual authority for opening the womb ¶ -
Manu 2 citations
- Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
- kanda 3 · kanda 4
- 2 citations
thus was it made by Manu.
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) · kanda 3 · Manu named as the instituting authority behind the viṣkandha rite ¶ -
Viṣṇu 1 citation
- Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
- kanda 16
- 1 citation
The seven half-embryos, the seed of the world, stand in Viṣṇu's law in the [four] quarters.
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) · kanda 16 · the passage relies on Viṣṇu's ordinance as the ordering authority for the cosmic embryos ¶ -
Ṛgveda Vedic tradition (anonymous) 1 citation
- Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
- kanda 5
- 1 citation
she bears the Sāman as her embryo.
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) · kanda 5 · the Ṛgveda is explicitly named and placed within a cosmological/ritual homology ¶
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163 sources · 2 worksEach of these stands at a single passage, named once and not held by the library. The work that names it carries the anchor.
- Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
- A traditional saying on fire within fire · A verse on being 'joined with radiance', cited by its opening phrase · A verse on creeping/crawling, cited by its opening phrase · A verse on efficacy without the rite, cited by its opening phrase · A verse on the bladder's release, cited by its opening phrase · Agnihotra · Agniṣṭoma and Atirātra rites · Ancient oblation-rite of Uśanā Kāvya · Atharvan and Āṅgirasa sacred lore · Atharvan and Āṅgirasa tradition · Atharvan remedies / healing tradition (bheṣaja ātharvaṇa) · Atharvan-Aṅgiras priestly tradition as source of the amulet's binding power · Atirātra, Ukthya, and Agniṣṭoma (soma sacrifices) · Aśvamedha and Dvādaśāha rites · Brahmavādin catechism on eating the rice-oblation · Brāhmaṇas · Bārhata hymns (Bārhaté) · Bṛhaddiva Ātharvan's declaration of Indra's self-sovereignty · Bṛhat (Sāman chant) · Bṛhat and Rathantara Sāman · Daśarātra, Dvādaśāha, and Dīrghasattra (sacrificial sessions) · Extraction-spell of Kaśyapa · Golden-Hued Waters hymn (rubric citation) · Gāthā song · Gāyatra and Vāmadevya (Sāmavedic chant-melodies) · Gāyatrī (Vedic metre) · Gāyatrī meter/mantra · Herbal healing knowledge of the ancient sage lineages · Hymns of Bheda · Hymns/lineage of the ancient Ṛṣis (Kaṇva, Kakṣīvān, Purumīḍha, Agastya, Śyāvāśva, Sobhari, Viśvāmitra, Jamadagni, Vasiṣṭha, Kaśyapa, Vāmadeva, Bharadvāja, Gotama, Atri) · Indra's declaration on the heel-blade remedy · Itihāsa, Purāṇa, Gāthā, and Nārāśaṃsī (traditional narrative genres) · Iḍā-Sāman · Jaṅgiḍa-binding formula for Indra · Kaśyapa's ritual oblation and counter-amulet formulas · King Varuṇa's saying on the brahmin's cow · Nārāśaṃsī chant · Oblation-tradition of the seven seers · Oblation/rite of the Seven Seers · Prajāpati's original binding of the amulet · Precedent of the Ātharvaṇas, Kaśyapa, and Agastya · Pṛṣṭha-hymns · Raibhī verse · Rathantara and Bṛhat sāmans · Rathantara sāman · Rājasūya (royal consecration rite) · Sacred power (brahman) of Asita, Kaśyapa, and Gaya · Sarvavedasa rite · Seer lineages / gotra tradition (Jamadagni, Vasiṣṭha, Bharadvāja, Kaśyapa, Agastya, and others) · Stoma (praise-hymns) · Stoma-hymns, meters, and nivid-formulas · Sumitrā's love-spell · Sāman (Sāmaveda chant) · Sāman chants, including the Bṛhat, Rathantara, Vāmadevya, and Yajñāyajñiya · Sāmaveda (the Sāman) · Sāmaveda chant traditions (Gāyatra, Rathantara, Vāmadevya, Yajñāyajñiya, Bṛhat Sāmans) · Teaching that the brahmins and Viśvakarman know the mind · The 'Rivalless' formula (Arāyi) · The Atharvaṇa remedy tradition · The Sasarparī chant · The Sāman chants (Bṛhat, Rathantara, Yajñāyajñiya, Vāmadevya, Vairūpa, Vairāja, Śyaita, Naudhasa) · The Utsakta and Puliśa remedies · The Veda / sacred Vedic knowledge · The anti-hail charm (knowledge of the bull-eyed Asura's anger) · The divine eagle's declaration of the remedy · The doctrine of ṛta (cosmic/ritual order) · The doctrine that Virāj is father of Brahman · The example/authority of Atharvan · The gods' primordial gift of the Waters to Manu · The hymn of Narāśaṃsa · The instruction of the Gandharva · The intoned sāman · The love-charm of Kakṣīvān and Cyavana · The myth of Indra's overpowering of the Dasyus · The one-verse charm 'Agni drives away the demons' · The pippalī plants' self-declaration and the gods' saying about the pippalī · The precedent of the seers who established the birth-membrane gift rite · The precedent of Śunaḥśepa carrying the Indra-heap · The precedent set by the gods and Asuras in producing the auspicious mark · The remedy of Aghāśva · The secret name Ghṛtācī for Night · The secret name of Āñjana · The seventh-day fever charm (verse beginning 'Go to the mountain') · The single verse 'Let a lion be before your eyes' · The teaching lineage of Aṅgiras and Atharvan (Āṅgirasas and Ātharvaṇas) · The three Vedas: Ṛc, Sāman, and Yajus (with brahman) · The true ordinance (ṛta) and command of King Varuṇa · The union-charm known by Kakṣīvān · Tradition of the jaṅgiḍa amulet established by the ancient seers · Traditional names given to Earth as destroyer of poison · Two verses on flying forth, cited by their opening phrase · Vairāja sāman · Vairūpa sāman · Varuṇa's ordinance (law of truth) · Vedic meters (Bṛhatī, Paṅkti, Kakubh, Uṣṇih) · Vedic metres (Anuṣṭubh, Uṣṇih, Śakvarī) · Vājapeya rite · Vāmadevya and Naudhasa sāmans · Yajus · Yajus (Yajurveda) · Yajus (Yajurvedic sacrificial formulas) · Yajus (sacrificial formula) · asura-māyā (the wizardry of the Asuras) · incantations of Bharadvāja · precedent of the ancient seers · sacred formulation (formula) of Agastya, and the precedents of Atri, Kaṇva, and Jamadagni · teaching on the means of obtaining a son · the Aindrāgna, Pāvamāna, and Mahānāmnī verses, and the Mahāvrata rite · the Prajāpati rite for begetting a son · the Sun's declaration on the brāhmaṇa as sole husband · the ancient pronouncement of the gods and seven ṛṣis on the brahmin's wife · the brahman (sacred healing formula) of Kaśyapa · the brahman-spell (curse formula) made by the gods · the combined knowledge of Varuṇa, Bṛhaspati, and Indra · the declaration and insight of the seers (ṛṣis) · the divine compact protecting the brāhmaṇa · the first declaration on sin against brahman · the knowledge of the bull's seven milkings · the law of the deposited ancestral share entrusted to Vaivasvata · the myth of Indra's victory over Vṛtra and the Dānavas · the ordinances of Varuṇa ¶ · the precedent of the Dākṣāyaṇas' gold-binding upon Śatānīka · the ritual injunction of the seers concerning the waters · the seasonal ekarcā verse ('with the seasons, with what belongs to the seasons') · the seers' proclamation of luster in the fields of battle and cultivation · the triple-lifespan tradition of Jamadagni and Kaśyapa · the twelve observance nights and the vow of the gharma · the verse concerning him upon whom sorcery is wrought · the world known through the Aṅgirasas · the Ṛc, Sāman, Yajus, and Purāṇa · the Ṛc, Sāman, and Yajus (the threefold Vedic corpus) · traditional knowledge of the Kuṣṭha plant · verse beginning "Rising today, O great Mitra" · verse beginning "the plants over which Soma is king" · verse beginning "this hero" · Āṅgirasa tradition/plants · Āṅgirasa's precedent of ritual grasping · Ṛc (Ṛgvedic hymns) · Ṛc verses (Ṛgvedic hymns) · Ṛc, Sāman, Yajus (the Veda) · Ṛc, Sāman, Yajus, and Brahman (the Vedic textual corpora) · Ṛk, Sāman, Yajus, and Brāhmaṇa (the fourfold Vedic textual corpus)
- Sāmaveda
- Gāyatrī · Indra's ordinances · Law of Varuṇa · Ordinance of Kaśyapa · Rathantara chant · heroic exemplar of Jamadagni · hymn for Indra composed by Medhyātithi · hymn kindled/composed for Bharadvāja · hymn of praise composed for Agni · legend of the Bhṛgus smiting the arrogant · poetic wisdom of Uśanas · praise recitations of the Kaṇva clan · reflective teaching attributed to Vasiṣṭha · soma-pressing hymn tradition of Kakṣīvant · the Gāyatrī, Triṣṭubh, and Jagatī metres · the gāyatra chant · the hymns of Kaṇva · the praises of the ancient seers · the sacred word (Brahman) · the uktha (recited praise-hymn) · Ṛc and Sāman ¶
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19 citations · from 3 works3 works in the library quote Anonymous (Vedic) — 19 citations, each anchored to a verbatim passage in the work that does the quoting.
through Anonymous (Vedic) 17 citations · Samaveda 2 citations
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Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) Anonymous (Vedic) 6 neutral 1 extended 17 citations · 28 passages
kanda 2 3 passages anchored here · kanda 4 2 passages anchored here · kanda 10 2 passages anchored here · kanda 17 · kanda 18 11 passages anchored here · kanda 20 9 passages anchored hereThree successive verses explicitly mark their demon-expulsion formula as a repetition of the formula found at an earlier point in the same text (2.42.1), continuing/extending it with new demon-epithets.
[Formula repeated as in 2.
kanda 2 ¶ -
Manusmṛti Manu 1 neutral 1 citation · 2 passages
Named specifically with a distinctive ritual property (its sound is impure) tied to its association with the ancestors
When the sound of the Samaveda is heard, one should never study the Rigveda or the Yajurveda;
chapter 4 ¶ -
Vīramitrodaya Mitra Miśra 1 citation
Explicitly named ('The Sāmaveda asks...') and quoted as part of the sequence of Vedic proofs for the existence of Time.
What is the time of the twilight?
chapter 1 ¶