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116 A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE of The above eight Brahmanas are referred to in a passage occurring in the beginning of the commentary of Sayanacarya on tho Vamsa Brahmana. Vide No. 66. The Praudha Brahmana consists of twenty-five Prapathakas; the Sadvimsa, five ; the Samavidhana, five ; the Arseya, three ; the Devatadhyaya, five ; the Chandagya, ten; the Samhitapanigad, five; and the Vams consists of two Patalas the first of which is divided into six and the second into three Khandas. Beginning : (atha mahabrahmanam or | praudhabrahmanam pp. 1 - 270.) harih om | mahanme voco bhargo me voco yaso me vocaraste mamme voco bhuktimme vocassarvamme vocastammavatu tanma visatu tena bhuksi- siya devo devametu somassomametsr (tva ) tasya patha vihaya dausrtyam badvanamasi srutissomasaranih somangameyam pitaro bhuh pitaro bhuh pitaro bhuh || End : ya etadupayanti tadetadvasvasrjam sahasrasamvatsarametena vai visvasrja- sarvamrddhimardhruvan sarvamrddhimrdhruvanti ya etadupayanti || 9 || trtiyo'dhyayah || satrani | satram adhyayah 3 khanda 66 | ( prathamato dasanamadhyayanam ) kha - 112 | dvadasaham va 60 | ekahama kha 60 | ahinam kha 52 | satra va - 66 | ( ahatya mahabrahmanakhandah ) 350 || samapta mahabrahmanam || - The transcription was completed by Venkatasubban, son of Veukatapati, on the 15 th of Parguni in the year Srimukha. (atha sadisabrahmanaprarambhah pp. 270 - 305 . ) brahma ca va idamagre subrahma castam tatastubrahmodakamadatha ha deva jnena brahma paryagrhatah nirvai brahmasavadityah