Selected Verses from different Śikṣās with Commentary
Amoghānandinī Śikṣā, Ṛgvarṇakrama-lakṣaṇa, Kauśikī Śikṣā, Pāṇinīya-Śikṣā, Pārāśarī Śikṣā,Śaiśirīya-Śikṣā

Amoghānandinī Śikṣā
This Śikṣā (130 verses) belongs to the Mādhyandina Śākhā of Śukla Yajurveda which uses the
Mādhyandina-Vājasaneyi-Saṁhitā.
(3 -15) Enumeration of words which contain labial “b”(16-24) Enumeration of words which contain dental-labial “v”(25-29) Three different pronunciations of “v” (guru, laghu and laghutara)(30-40) Nāda (voice)+(41-46) Anuraṅga, 5 kinds of raṅga, mahāraṅga and atiraṅga
+(47-48) Seven plutas+(52-53) Five sarasvati ending in short i; six pṛthivyā ending in ā+(72-73) Kaṇḍikās without avasāna combined with following kaṇḍikā
(74-75) Number of avasānas in selected kaṇḍikās
(76-78) svāhā(79-81) Number of syllables in the first kaṇḍikā
+(101-2) Doubling of ch (cch)+(109-10) Number syllables in the kaṇḍikā 31.22 (śrīśca te)(113-5) Number of vākyas and syllables in the kaṇḍikā 30.22 (athaitān)+(128) Four kaṇḍikās containing the uttered kh which has originated from ṣ+(129-30) List of kaṇḍikās in which the uttered kkhy has originated from kṣy(+) Selected verses seen below

jahi śatrūn kratūn vanaspatīn paridhīn kṣiṇanti śatrūm̐ raranapavyayantaḥ
anuraṅgāḥ pañcaikārddhamātrikā bhavanti 41
jahi śatrū1m̐//rapa mṛdho nudasvāthābhayaṅkṛṇuhi viśvato naḥ | (7.37)
Yā'iṣavo Yātudhānānām̐Ye vā vanaspatī1m̐//ranu | (13.7)
agne kratvā kratū1m̐//ranu (19.40)
vanvannavātaḥ paridhī1m̐//raporṇu vīrebhiraśvairmaghavā bhavā naḥ (19.53)
avakrāmantaḥ prapadairamitrānkṣiṇanti śatrū1m̐//ranapavyayantaḥ (29.44)

pañca raṅgāḥ pravartante ghātanirghātavajriṇaḥ
ahiṇaḥ prahiṇo jñeyo yathā ī ū ṝ nidarśanam 43
devām̐ 2 | āsādayeti ghātaḥ | devām̐ 2 | ideṣīti nirghātaḥ | devām̐ 2
upāgā itivajriṇaḥ 4| devām̐ 2 ṛ̱tubhi̍ riti ahiṇaḥ | amitrām̐ 2 oṣatā!diti prāhiṇaḥ | dvimātro
mātriko vāpi nāsāmūlaṁ samāśritaḥ |ante prayujyate raṅgaḥ pañcamaiḥ sarvanāsikaiḥ 441

devā2m̐//'āsādayādiha (22.17)
na vā'u'etanmriyase na riṣyasi devā2m̐//'ideṣi pathibhiḥ sugebhiḥ | (23.16)
etattvandeva soma devo devā2m̐//'upāgā'idamaham (5.39)
vājo no'adya prasuvāti dānam̐vājo devā2m̐//'ṛtubhiḥ kalpayāti | (18.33)
udagne tiṣṭha pratyātanuṣva nyamitrā2m̐//'oṣatāttigmahete | (13.12)
ā2m̐//'a (39x), ā2m̐//'ā (8x), ā2m̐//'i (13), ā2m̐//'u (8x), ā2m̐//'ū (1x), ā2m̐//'ṛ (4x), ā2m̐//'o (1x)baṇmahām̐śca baḍādityo hy addhā devamahām̐ 2 asibaṭsūryasya tu satrāto mahāraṅgāḥ prakīrtitāḥ 45baṇmahā2m̐//'asi sūrYa baḍāditya mahā2m̐//'asi |mahaste sato mahimā panasyateddhā deva mahā2m̐//'asi (33.39)
baṭsūrYa śravasā mahā2m̐//'asi satrā deva mahā2m̐//'asi | (33.40)

agnā 3 i pa!tnīvansvarllājī! 3 ñchācī [3] niti dviḥtiraścīno vvitataḥ pṛcchāmi tvāṁ vvāyuranilamitisapta plutā bhavanti hyaṣṭamo na
vidyate 47
mano jūtiśca vāyuś ca plutam ekaṁ dvidhākṛtam
okārādyāḥ plutāḥ sarve na vikalpaḥ kadā cana 48
7 plutamano jūtirjuṣatāmājyasya bṛhaspatirYajñamimantanotvariṣṭam̐Yajñam̐ samimandadhātu | viśve devāsa'ihamādayantāmo3mpratiṣṭha (2.13)
agnā3||'i patnīvantsajūrdevena tvaṣṭrā somampiba svāhā | (8.10)
bhūrbhuvaḥ svarlājī3ñchācī3nyavye gavya'etadannamatta devā'etadannamaddhi prajāpate (23.8)
pṛcchāmi tvā citaye devasakha Yadi tvamatra manasā jagantha |Yeṣu viṣṇustriṣu padeṣveṣṭasteṣu viśvambhuvanamāviveśā3 (23.49)
tiraścīno vitato raśmireṣāmadhaḥ svidāsī3dupari svidāsī3t | (33.74)
vāyuranilamamṛtamathedambhasmāntam̐ śarīram |o3m | krato smara | klibe smara | kṛtam̐ smara (40.15)

iḍe rante'śśvinna kṛtasyate pātanno yaste yuvaṁ surāmam
iḍa ehi | padakāle tu vākye ca hrasvāḥ pañca sarasvati
5x sarasvati ending in short i
iḍe rante havye kāmye candre jyotediti sarasvati mahi viśruti | (8.43)
aśvinakṛtasya te sarasvatikṛtasyendreṇa sutrāmṇā kṛtasya | (20.35)
pātanno'aśvinā divā pāhi naktam̐ sarasvati | (20.62)
Yuvam̐ surāmamaśvinā namucāvāsure sacā |vipipānāḥ sarasvatīndraṅkarmasvāvata (20.76)
Yaste stanaḥ śaśayo Yo mayobhūrYo ratnadhā vasuvidyaḥ sudatraḥ |Yena viśvā puṣyasi vārYāṇi sarasvati tamiha dhātavekaḥ | (38.5)
iḍa'ehyadita'ehi sarasvattyehi |asāvehyasāvehyasāvehi (38.2)

iyante dyāmmā suvīrān suprajāḥ | pprajāḥ | raśminā sattyāya | paro divāpṛthivyā iti ṣaṭsvarāntāḥ
pṛthivyā ending in ā (6x); in other cases pṛthivyāḥ
Śukla-yajurveda-prātiśākhya:

2pṛthivyā svarāntaṁ sambhava śukro manthī pṛthivīṁ paro devebhirityeteṣu (4.27)
iyante Yajñiyā tanūrapo muñcāmi na prajām |am̱̐homucaḥ svāhākṛtāḥ pṛthivīmāviśata pṛthivyā sambhava (4.13)
dyāmmā lekhīrantarikṣammā him̐sīḥ pṛthivyā sambhava | (5.43)
suvīro vīrānprajanayanparīhyabhi rāyaspoṣeṇa Yajamānam |sañjagmāno divā pṛthivyā śukraḥ śukraśociṣā nirastaḥ śaṇḍaḥ śukrasyādhiṣṭhānamasi (7.13)
suprajāḥ prajāḥ prajanayanparīhyabhi rāyaspoṣeṇa Yajamānam |sañjagmāno divā pṛthivyā manthī manthiśociṣā nirasto marko manthinodhiṣṭhānamasi (7.18)
raśminā satyāya satyañjinva pretinā dharmaṇā dharmañjinvānvityā divā divañjinva
sandhināntarikṣeṇāntarikṣañjinva pratidhinā pṛthivyā pṛthivīñjinva viṣṭambhena vṛṣṭyā vṛṣṭiñjinva
pravayāhnāharjinvānuyā rātryā rātrīñjinvośijā vasubhyo vasūñjinva praketenādityebhya'ādityāñjinva tantunā rāyaḥ
(15.6)
paro divā para'enā pṛthivyā paro devebhirasurairYadasti | (17.29)

pūrvāyāṁ kaṇḍikāṁ dṛṣṭvā āparā sahasam̐yyutā
tadeva nāmagrahaṇaṁ na vikalpaḥ kadā cana 72
pūrvā viddhā parāntā ca kaṇḍikā yatra dṛśyate
capalā caiva sā jñeyā ācchacchando nidarśanam 73
evaśchando varivaśchandaḥ śambhūśchandaḥ paribhūśchanda'ācchacchando manaśchando vyacaśchandaḥ
sindhuśchandaḥ samudraśchandaḥ sarirañchandaḥ kakupchandastrikakupchandaḥ
kāvyañchando'aṅktupañchandokṣarapaṅktiśchandaḥ padapaṅktiśchando viṣṭārapaṅktiśchandaḥ kṣuro
bhrajaśchanda'ācchacchandaḥ pracchacchandaḥ (15.4)$
ācchacchandaḥ pracchacchandaḥ sam̐Yacchando viyacchando bṛhacchando rathantarañchando nikāyaśchando
vivadhaśchando giraśchando bhrajaśchandaḥ sam̐stupchandonuṣṭupchanda'evaśchando varivaśchandovayaśchando vayaskṛcchandoviṣpardhāśchando viśālañchandaśchadiśchando dūrohaṇañchandastandrañchando'aṅkāṅkañchandaḥ (15.5)
The last word of kaṇḍikā 15.4 is chandaḥ. Because this kaṇḍikā has no avasāna it will be combined with thefollowing kaṇḍikā 15.5. To show this combination the first two words of 15.5 (ācchacchandaḥ pracchacchandaḥ)have been added to 15.4. The total number of all the kaṇḍikās without any avasāna is 56 (see Avasānanirṇayaśikṣā).
pārāśarī śikṣā 84-85

chāyā! cchidrā tathā chandaśchakārā laghusañjñakāḥ
hrasvā vā yadi vā dīrghāḥ śeṣā dvitve pratiṣṭhitāḥ 101
dīrghād agre chakāro'pi hrasvād agre tathaiva ca
dvitvākṣaraṁ vijānīyād iti śāstravidhānataḥ 102
After a short vowel the ch of chāyā, chidrā and chandaḥ is not doubled but after a long vowel. Other
initial ch are doubled after short and long vowels.
Yasya chāyāmṛtam̐Yasya mṛtyuḥ kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema (25.13)
mā te gṛdhnuraviśastātihāya chidrā gātrāṇyasinā mithū kaḥ (25.43)
sahastomāḥ sahachandasa'āvṛtaḥ sahapramā'ṛṣayaḥ sapta daivyāḥ | (34.49)
ghṛtena dyāvāpṛthivī pūrYethāmindrasya cchadirasi viśvajanasya cchāyā (5.28)
mā cchandaḥ pramā cchandaḥ pratimā cchando'asrīvayaśchandaḥ paṅktiśchanda'uṣṇikchando bṛhatī
cchandonuṣṭupchando virāṭchando gāyatrī cchandastriṣṭupchando jagatī cchandaḥ pṛthivī cchandaḥ (14.18)
divi viṣṇurvyakram̐sta jāgatena cchandasā tato nirbhakto Yosmāndveṣṭi Yañca vayandviṣmontarikṣe

3viṣṇurvyakram̐sta traiṣṭubhena cchandasā tato nirbhakto Yosmāndveṣṭi Yañca vayandviṣmaḥ
pṛthivyām̐viṣṇurvyakram̐sta gāyatreṇa cchandasā tato nirbhakto Yosmāndveṣṭi Yañca vayandviṣmosmādannādasyai
pratiṣṭhāyā'aganma svaḥ sañjyotiṣābhūma (2.25)
Śukla-yajurveda-prātiśākhya:svaraś chakāre cakāreṇa sarvatra (4.24)
yasyātihāya saheti na (4.25)
Varṇaratnapradīpikā Śikṣā
svarāt paraśchakāras tu sarvatra dvitvam āpnuyāt 170
yasyātihāya saheti padatrayaparaṁ vināPārāśarī Śikṣā 103.2-105.1

caturdaśākṣaraṁ cādau punaścaikā daśākṣaram
punardaśākṣaraṁ vākyam aṣṭākṣaram ataḥ param 109lakṣaṇairvā vihīnas tu bhuktamavyañjanaṁ yathāevaṁ varṇāḥ prayoktavyāḥ śrīśca te ca nidarśanam 110śrīśca te lakṣmīśca patnyāvahorātre pārśve [14] nakṣatrāṇi rūpamaśvinau vyāttam [11] |iṣṇanniṣāṇāmumma'iṣāṇa [10] sarvalokamma'iṣāṇa [8] (31.22)

vviśvārūpāṇy abodhyagnir edho'sīti tathāparaḥ
ketuṅkṛṇvann iti ca te ṣakārā mūrddhajāḥ smṛtāḥ 128
In the Mādhyandina Saṁhitā muṣa or muṣā is pronounced as mukha or mukhā. There could be confusion with theword mukha. In the following kaṇḍikās the origin of uttered kh is ṣ.
viśvā rūpāṇi pratimuñcate kaviḥ prāsāvīdbhadrandvipade catuṣpade |vi nākamakhyatsavitā vareṇyonu prayāṇamuṣaso virājati (12.3)
abodhyagniḥ samidhā janānāmprati dhenumivāyatīmuṣāsam | (15.24)
edhosyedhiṣīmahi samidasi tejosi tejo mayi dhehi |samāvavarti pṛthivī samuṣāḥ samu sūrYaḥ | (20.23)
ketuṅkṛṇvannaketave peśo marYā'apeśase |samuṣadbhirajāyathāḥ (29.37)

agneranīkaṁ yyukṣvā hi vviśve devā dvitīyakam
udagne cāyamuttarā!nnamo! vvan!yāya hīty ayam 129
In the following kaṇḍikās (129-30) kṣy is pronounced as kkhy. To avoid confusion with original kh it issaid that the uttered kh has originated from retroflex ṣ.
agneranīkamapa'āviveśāpānnapātpratirakṣannasurYam |damedame samidham̐Yakṣyagne prati te jihvā ghṛtamuccaraṇyatsvāhā (8.24)
Yukṣvā hi keśinā harī vṛṣaṇā kakṣyaprā |athā na'indra somapā girāmupaśrutiñcara |upayāmagṛhītosīndrāya tvā ṣoḍaśina'eṣa te Yonirindrāya tvā ṣoḍaśine (8.34)
viśve devāścamaseṣūnnītosurhomāyodyato rudro hūyamāno vātobhyāvṛtto nṛcakṣāḥ pratikhyāto bhakṣo
bhakṣyamāṇaḥ pitaro nārāśam̐sāḥ sannaḥ sindhuḥ (8.58)
udagne udagne tiṣṭha pratyātanuṣva nyamitrā2m̐//'oṣatāttigmahete |4

Yo no'arātim̐ samidhāna cakre nīcā tandhakṣyatasanna śuṣkam (13.12)
ayamuttarātsam̐Yadvasustasya tārkṣyaścāriṣṭanemiśca senānīgrāmaṇyau |viśvācī ca ghṛtācī cāpsarasāvāpo hetirvātaḥ prahetistebhyo namo'astu te novantu te no mṛḍayantu te Yandviṣmo
Yaśca no dveṣṭi tameṣāñjambhe dadhmaḥ (15.18)
namo vanyāya ca kakṣyāya ca namaḥ śravāya ca pratiśravāya ca nama'āśuṣeṇāya cāśurathāya ca namaḥ śūrāya
cāvabhedine ca namo bilmine (16.34)

devambarhiryyadāpo'sti tvāmadya svasti nas tathā
māno mitro hi vvakṣyantī kṣakārā yayutās tathā 130
Yadāpo'aghnyā'iti varuṇeti śapāmahe tato varuṇa no muñca |avabhṛtha nicumpuṇa nicerurasi nicumpuṇaḥ |ava devairdevakṛtamenoyakṣyava martyairmartyakṛtampururāvṇo deva riṣaspāhi (20.18)
devambarhiḥ sarasvatī sudevamindre'aśvinā |tejo na cakṣurakṣyorbarhiṣā dadhurindriyam̐vasuvane vasudheyasya vyantu Yaja (21.48)
tvāmadya'ṛṣa'ārṣeya'ṛṣīṇānnapādavṛṇītāyam̐Yajamāno bahubhya'ā saṅgatebhya'eṣa me deveṣu vasu vārYāyakṣyata'ititā Yā devā deva dānānyadustānyasmā'ā ca śāssvā ca gurasveṣitaśca hotarasi bhadravācyāya preṣito mānuṣaḥ
sūktavākāya sūktā brūhi (21.61)
svasti na'indro vṛddhaśravāḥ svasti naḥ pūṣā viśvavedāḥ |svasti nastārkṣyo'ariṣṭanemiḥ svasti no bṛhaspatirdadhātu (25.19)
mā no mitro varuṇo'arYamāyurindra'ṛbhukṣā marutaḥ parikhyan |Yadvājino devajātasya sapteḥ pravakṣyāmo vidathe vīrYāṇi (25.24)
vakṣyantīvedāganīganti karṇampriyam̐ sakhāyampariṣasvajānā |Yoṣeva śiṅkte vitatādhi dhanvañjyā'iyam̐ samane pārayantī (29.40)[armebhyo hastipañjavāyāśvapampuṣṭyai gopālam̐vīrYāyāvipālantejasejapālamirāyai kīnāśaṅkīlālāya
surākārambhadrāya gṛhapam̐ śreyase vittadhamādhyakṣyāyānukṣattāram (30.11)]
Parāśarī Śikṣā:vakṣyayakṣyakakṣyabhakṣyamāṇā ity evam ādayaḥ
ime varṇās tu tālavyāḥ parā mūrdhanyajāḥ smṛtāḥ 158Ṛgvarṇakrama-Lakṣaṇa (RV)
caturvidhā vivṛttiḥ sā saṁdhihīnā svarāntarā 18
hrasvau dīrghau hrasvadīrghau dīrghahrasvobhayau kramātkecit pākavatī hrasvāv ubhau dīrghau pipīlikā 19vatsānusāryādidīrghā vatsānusṛtir antimā
Hiatus (vivṛtti) consisting of two adjacent vowels without sandhi is fourfold: short-short, long-long, short-long andlong-short. The hiatus short-short is called pākavatī, long-long pipīlikā, long-short vatsānusārī and short-longvatsānusṛti.
pākavatī: वस्यइष्टये vasyaïṣṭaye (1.25.4), vāta ivāham (10.95.2), तििउना titaünā (10.71.2), हिरण्यप्रउगम्
hiraṇyapraügam (1.35.5), नमउक्तिक्त िः namaüktibhiḥ (8.4.6); tūtujāna upa (1.3.6); piba ṛtunā (1.15.1); u aṁśave
(1.46.10)
pipīlikā: niruddhā āpaḥ (1.32.11); sūnṛtā īrayantī (1.113.12); aśvinā ūhathuḥ (1.182.7); viśvā ekasya (2.13.3); yāaicchaḥ (10.108.5); devā okāṁsi (1.40.5); ghṛtāsutī ādityā (2.41.6), indrāgnī eha (1.21.4), rodasī obhe (6.46.5);
asmayū ā (1.135.5), sudānū auśijāya (1.112.11); āśāte ādityā (1.136.3), samārāṇe ūrmibhiḥ (3.33.2), asme etena(1.173.13), dadhāthe oṣadhīṣu (7.61.3)

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vatsānusārī: asmāasmai (6.42.4), martā abhi (1.5.10), stomā indrasya (1.7.7), sātā upastutam (1.36.7), ādityā ṛjunā
(1.41.5); dyāvāpṛthivī anu (1.42.14), bṛhatī iva (1.59.4), harī upa (1.82.6), ākṣī ṛjrāśve (1.117.17); dūreante (1.185.7),
tve agne (2.1.14), asme indrāvaruṇā (7.83.9), dve upa (3.2.9), gabhīre ṛtāya (4.23.10); tiroahnyam (1.45.10), jāroapām (1.46.4), atho indrāya (1.28.6), eṣo uṣā apūrvyā (1.46.1)
vatsānusṛti: dūraādiśam ślokam (1.39.10), yujyanta āśavaḥ (1.140.4), sakhitva īmahe (1.10.6), sadyaūtayaḥ
(10.78.2), havanta ūtaye (1.23.3), puraeteva (6.47.7), bharanta emasi (1.1.7), śrava aiṣanta (1.126.5), na ohase(1.30.4), uṣa aucchaḥ (10.55.4); yata u āyan (2.24.6), dhanasā u īmahe (10.65.10), ū ṣu ūtibhir aśvinā gatam(1.112.7), na vā u etan mriyase (1.162.21)jātyābhinihitakṣaiprapraśliṣṭāḥ kampabhāginaḥ
svaritoccodaye hrasvadīrgharūpāś ca te dvidhā 35
The svaritas jātya, abhinihita, kṣaipra and praśliṣta are responsible for kampa (swinging of the voice) when followedby an udātta or svarita. Their form is twofold: short (hrasva) and long (dīrgha).
अ॒ ॒ ममघ्नयाा॑ उ॒ि श् ॒णन्िा॑ धे॒नव॒ःिः शििा॑म् । 9.1.9a̱bhi | i̱ mam | aghnyā̍ḥ | u̱ta | śrī̱ ṇanti̍ | dhe̱nava̍ḥ | śiśu̍m |abhí + imám => abhī̀mám (praśliṣṭa svarita ī̀ placed before udātta á )In devanāgarī the long kampa is shown with the number
and the preceding long ī is marked with the anudātta.
स नाेा॑ अराष॒क्त

दत्यंत्वक्तम््ाा॑य िाेिसे । 9.45.2
॒
saḥ | na̱ḥ | a̱rṣa̱ | a̱bhi | dū̱tya̍m | tvam | indrā̍ya | to̱śa̱se̱ |dūtyàm + tvám => dūtyàṁ tvám (jātya svarita à placed before udātta á)
In devanāgarī the short kampa is shown with the number .
Ṛgveda-prātiśākhya:jātyo 'bhinihitaś caiva kṣaipraḥ praśliṣṭa eva ca
ete svarāḥ prakampante yatroccasvaritodayāḥ ||2.34||

hrasvasya dīrghavidhayaḥ plutaṁ bhīriva vindati3 40adhaḥsvidāsī3duparisvidāsī3c ca plutatrayamṚgveda-prātiśākhya:tisraḥ plutaḥ ucyate svaraḥ ||1.30||
adhaḥ svidāsī3dupari svidāsī3darthe plutir bhīriva vindatīm̐3 triḥ ||1.31||(30) A prolated vowel is said to have three (moras). (31) (This) prolation (pluti) occurs (in the rv) thrice:tiraścīno vitato raśmir eṣām adhaḥ svid āsī3d upari svid āsī3t ||10.129.5||
tiraścīnaḥ | vi-tataḥ | raśmiḥ | eṣām | adhaḥ | svit | āsī3t | upari | svit | āsī3t |kathā grāmaṁ na pṛcchasi na tvā bhīr iva vindatī3m̐ ||10.146.1||
kathā | grāmam | na | pṛcchasi | na | tvā | bhīḥ-iva | vindatī3m̐ ||Kauśikī Śikṣā
This Śikṣā belongs to the Mādhyandina Śākhā of Śukla Yajurveda which uses the MādhyandinaVājasaneyi-Saṁhitā.
(2) List of kaṇḍikās in which the uttered kkhy has originated from kṣy

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(3-9.1) Missing(9.2) Anusvāra after a long vowel is short with the exception before hṛ.
(11) Pronunciation of kukkuṭo'si(12) Pronunciation of sim̐hyasi(13) List of those kaṇḍikās which contain the five words sarasvati ending in short i(14) Heavy and light letters v and y(15) = PŚ 5; Mantra should not be deficient in a syllable or have incorrect accent(18) List of kaṇḍikās in which muṣa or muṣā is pronounced as mukha or mukhā.
(22) Laghu and guru letter v(25-28.1) Pluta is fourfold called praṇava, jaghana, skandakī and ruhaṇī
(31.2-33) Seven plutas+(34) List of those kaṇḍikās in which the visarga after a or ā is dropped before a word beginning with st(35) Five kinds of raṅgas called ghāta, nirghāta, vajriṇa, ahīna, prahīṇa
(36) List of those kaṇḍikās which contain the six words pṛthivyā ending in ā(37) List of words containing yy (= Śuklayajurveda Prātiśākya 4.151)(38) Examples for the five kinds of raṅgas
(44-45) Importance of accents(51) Anusvāra is guru before h and s if followed by a consonant (m̐hy, m̐sk, m̐sy, m̐sr)(55) = PŚ 48; anudātta, udātta, svarita, pracaya in heart, head, root of the ear, the whole mouth
respectivly(+) Selected verse seen belowsusaṁdṛśaṁ tvā ye janeṣu ati viśvāḥ bhujyuḥ suparṇaḥ
varṣābhir ṛtunāṁ utanaḥ ṣaḍ ete sastakāre bhavati 34(aḥ, āḥ) + st = (a, ā) + stsusandṛśantvā vayammaghavanvandiṣīmahi | pra nūnampūrṇabandhura stuto Yāsi vaśā2m̐ ||'anu Yojā nvindra teharī (3.52)
Ye janeṣu malimlava stenāsastaskarā vane | (11.79)
bhujyuḥ suparṇo Yajño gandharvastasya dakṣiṇā'apsarasa stāvā nāma | (18.42)
ati viśvāḥ pariṣṭhā stena'iva vrajamakramuḥ | (22.84)
varṣābhirṛtunādityā stome saptadaśe stutāḥ | (21.25)[śaiśireṇa'ṛtunā devāstrayastrim̱̐śemṛtā stutāḥ | (21.28)]
uta nohirbudhnyaḥ śṛṇotvaja'ekapātpṛthivī samudraḥ |viśve devā'ṛtāvṛdho huvānā stutā mantrāḥ kaviśastā'avantu (34.53)

Pāṇinīya-Śikṣā
saraṅgaṁ kampayet kampaṁ rathīveti nidarśanam 30c
Why is “rathīva” an example for a kampa with raṅga? “rathīva” is the pratīka (first words) of RV 5.83.3
which contains the saraṅga-kampa. In śikṣās the anunāsika m̐ is called raṅga.This kind of kampa occurs
in the Ṛgveda-saṁhitā only once in 5.83.3:
̍ ̐ abhikṣi ̱pann ā̱vir dū̱tān kṛṇra̱thīva̱ kaśa̱yāśvām
̍ ute va̱rṣyā̱3̱̱̍̍m̐ aha̍ | (5.83.3a)
̍ | a̱bhi ̱-kṣi ̱pan | ā̱viḥ | dū̱tān | kṛ̱ṇu̱te̱ | va̱rṣyān
̍ | aha̍ |ra̱thī-i ̍va | kaśa̍yā | aśvān

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Pārāśarī Śikṣā
This Śikṣā (160 verses) belongs to the Mādhyandina Śākhā of Śukla Yajurveda which uses the
Mādhyandina-Vājasaneyi-Saṁhitā.
(3c-6a) Number of syllables in the first kaṇḍikā of the Saṁhitā
(6c-7a) Number of avasānas in the kaṇḍikās of adhyāya 1(18c-19a) Five kaṇḍikās without s(77-8) Names of he 8 Śikṣās of the Mādhyandina Śākhā
(113-15) Number of vākyas and syllables in kaṇḍikā 30.22 (athaitān)(91c-93a) Number of avasānas in selected kaṇḍikās
(114c-16a) Number of syllables in kaṇḍikās 36.1 and 36.2
(140) Sandhi: tat + śakeyam => tacchakeyamakṣarāśītir ekaśca prathamā kaṇḍikā smṛtā 3lakṣaṇoktaprakārais tu iṣe tveti nidarśanam
trīṇi trīṇi ca catvāri daśa pañcāṣṭamaṁ smṛtam 4ekādaśākṣaraṁ tadvad ubhayor api dṛśyate
saptamaṁ pañcamaṁ caiva punaś caikādaśākṣaram 5navākṣaraṁ vijānīyād vākyaṁ caikādaśākṣaram
The vākyas of the first kaṇḍikā of the Mādhyandina-vājasaneyi-saṁhitā contain 81 syllables:
iṣe tvā [3] ūrje tvā [3] vāyava stha [4] devo vaḥ savitā prārpayatu [10] śreṣṭhatamāya karmaṇe [8]āpyāyadhvamaghnyā'indrāya bhāgam [11] prajāvatīranamī vā'ayakṣmāḥ [11] mā va stena'īśata māghaśam̐saḥ [11]dhruvā'asmingopatau syāta [9] bahvīrYajamānasya paśūnpāhi [11] (1.1) [81 syllables]antyāvasānāḥ ṣaṭ caiva pañcaitās tribhir ardhakāḥ 6
ekā caturthatā jñeyā śeṣā yugmārdhakāḥ smṛtāḥ
Avasānas in the kaṇḍikās of adhyāya 1: 6x1, 5x3, 1x4; remainig kaṇḍikās x2
Avasānanirṇayaśikṣā:6x1: iṣe tvā (1.1) bhūtāya (1.11) kukkuṭo'si (1.16) janayattyai tvā (1.22) mā bheḥ (1.23) pṛthivi devayajani (1.25)
5x3: yuṣmā indro (1.13) 'gne brahma (1.18) sam ̐ vvapāmi (1.21) purā krūrasya (1.28) savitustvā (1.31)
1x4: pratyuṣṭaṁ rakṣaḥ (1.29)

yamparidhimatra pitaro ayaṁ te ca iḍe tathā 18
sakāreṇa vinā caiva yo devebhyaḥ pañcakaṇḍikā
5 kaṇḍikās without s
YamparidhimparYadhatthā'agne deva pāṇibhirguhyamānaḥ |tanta'etamanu joṣambharāmyeṣa nettvadapacetayātā'agneḥ priyampāthopītam 17 (2)#atra pitaro mādayadhvam̐Yathābhāgamāvṛṣāyadhvam |amīmadanta pitaro Yathābhāgamāvṛṣāyiṣata 31 (2)#ayante Yonirṛtviyo Yato jāto'arocathāḥ |tañjānannagna'ārohāthā no vardhayā rayim 14 (3)#iḍa'ehyadita ehi kāmyā'eta | mayi vaḥ kāmadharaṇambhūyāt 27 (3)#
Yo devebhya'ātapati Yo devānāmpurohitaḥ |pūrvo Yo devebhyo jāto namo rucāya brāhmaye 20 (31)#8yājñavalkī tu vāsiṣṭhī śikṣā kātyāyanī tathāpārāśarī gautamī tu māṇḍavyāmoghanandinī 77pāṇinyā sarvavedeṣu sarvaśāstreṣu gīyate
vājasaneyaśākhāyāṁ tatra mādhyandinī smṛtā 78
Names of the 8 Śikṣās of the Mādhyandina School of the Vājasaneyi-saṁhitā

ūnāśītiścākṣarāṇām athaitām̐ś ca prakīrtitāḥ 88
akārādīni vākyāni dvādaśaitāni saṅkhyayā
dvādaśākṣaraṁ prathamaṁ pañcamaṁ ceti sapta vai 89ṣaḍakṣaraṁ tato vākyaṁ punardvādaśakaṁ smṛtam
ekādaśākṣaraṁ caiva ante ca dvādaśākṣaram 90evaṁ varṇāḥ prayoktavyā athaitāni nidarśanam
The 12 vākyas of kaṇḍikā 30.22 (athaitān) contain 88 syllables:
athaitānaṣṭau virūpānālabhate [12] atidīrghañca [5] atihrasvañca [5] atisthūlañca [5] atikṛśañca [5] atiśuklañca [5]atikṛṣṇañca [5] atikulvañca [5] atilomaśañca [6] |aśūdrā'abrāhmaṇāste prājāpatyāḥ [12] |māgadhaḥ pum̐ścalī kitavaḥ klībaḥ [11] aśūdrā'abrāhmaṇāste prājāpatyāḥ [12] (30.22) [88]tisro'rdhā abhityañca tisro ardhā prajāpatiḥ 91
punantu meti catvāri vvāyuḥ pañca tataḥ paramanādhṛṣṭātra pañcaiva edho'syarddhacatuṣṭayam 92
savvatsaro'si catvāri dyauḥ śāntiścārddhayordvayoḥ
Number of avasānas in selected kaṇḍikās:abhi tyandevam̐ savitāramoṇyoḥ kavikratumarcāmi satyasavam̐ ratnadhāmabhi priyammatiṅkavim |ūrdhvā Yasyāmatirbhā'adidyutatsavīmani hiraṇyapāṇiramimīta sukratuḥ kṛpā svaḥ |prajābhyastvā prajāstvānuprāṇantu prajāstvamanuprāṇihi (4.25) [3]tisro ardhā prajāpatiḥ?
prajāpatiḥ sambhriyamāṇaḥ samrāṭsambhṛto vaiśvadevaḥ sam̐sanno gharmaḥ pravṛktasteja'udyata'āśvinaḥ
payasyānīyamāne pauṣṇo viṣyandamāne mārutaḥ klathan |maitraḥ śarasi santāYYamāne vāyavyo hriyamāṇa'āgneyo hūyamāno vāgghutaḥ (39.5) [3?]punantu mā pitaraḥ somyāsaḥ punantu mā pitāmahāḥ punantu prapitāmahāḥ | pavitreṇa śatāyuṣā |punantu mā pitāmahāḥ punantu prapitāmahāḥ |pavitreṇa śatāyuṣā viśvamāyurvyaśnavai (19.37) [3]vāyuranilamamṛtamathedambhasmāntam̱̐ śarīram |o3m | krato smara | klibe smara | kṛtam̐ smara (40.15) [5]edhosyedhiṣīmahi samidasi tejosi tejo mayi dhehi |samāvavarti pṛthivī samuṣāḥ samu sūrYaḥ |samu viśvamidañjagat |vaiśvānarajyotirbhūyāsam̐vibhūnkāmānvyaśnavai bhūḥ svāhā (20.23) [4]sam̐vatsarosi parivatsarosīdāvatsarosīdvatsarosi vatsarosi |uṣasaste kalpantāmahorātrāste kalpantāmardhamāsāste kalpantāmmāsāste kalpantāmṛtavaste kalpantām̐sam̐vatsaraste kalpatām |9pretyā'etyai sañcāñca pra ca sāraya |suparṇacidasi tayā devatayāṅgirasvaddhruvaḥ sīda (27.45) [4]dyauḥ śāntirantarikṣam̐ śāntiḥ pṛthivī śāntirāpaḥ śāntiroṣadhayaḥ śāntiḥ |vanaspatayaḥ śāntirviśve devāḥ śāntirbrahma śāntiḥ sarvam̐ śāntiḥ śāntireva śāntiḥ sā mā śāntiredhi (16.37) [2]saptākṣaraṁ ca catvāri punar aṣṭākṣaraṁ tathā 114
ṛcam̐vvācamiti jñeyā ante caiva catuṣṭayam
ṛcam̐vācamprapadye [7] mano Yajuḥ prapadye [7] sāma prāṇamprapadye [7] cakṣuḥ śrotramprapadye [7] |vāgojaḥ sahaujo mayi [8] prāṇāpānau [4] 1 (36)#ekādaśākṣaraṁ vākyaṁ punar eva catuṣṭayam 115
trayodaśaṁ dvādaśaṁ ca yannme iti nidarśanam
Yanme cchidrañcakṣuṣo hṛdayasya [11] manaso vā [4] titṛṇambṛhaspatirme taddadhātu [13] |śanno bhavatu bhuvanasya Yaspatiḥ [12] 2 (36)#takārānte pade pūrve śakāre parataḥ sthitekṣaṇikaṁ taṁ vijānīyāt tacchakeyaṁ nidarśanam 140
agne vratapate vratañcariṣyāmi tacchakeyantanme rādhyatām |idamahamanṛtātsatyamupaimi 5 (1)#tat | śakeyam | => tacchakeyamŚaiśirīya-Śikṣā (RV)
kva1 vo 'śvā yujāno3 'smābhis tvāṁ hī3ndreti nidarśanam
Examples for kampas in the Ṛgveda-saṁhitā:kva1̱̱̍̍ vo 'śvā̱ḥ kvā̱3̱̱̍̍bhīśa̍vaḥ ka̱thaṁ śe̍ka ka̱thā ya̍ya | (5.61.2a)

̍ | kva̍ | a̱bhīśa̍vaḥ | ka̱tham | śe̱ka̱ | ka̱thā | ya̱ya̱ |kva̍ | va̱ḥ | aśvāḥ
ratho̱ na ma̱he śava̍se yujā̱no̱3̱̱̍̍ 'smābhi ̱r indro̍ anu̱mādyo̍ bhūt ||6.34.2c||ratha̍ḥ | na | ma̱he | śava̍se | yu̱jā̱naḥ | a̱smābhi ̍ḥ | indra̍ḥ | a̱nu̱-mādya̍ḥ | bhū̱ttvāṁ hī̱3̱̱̍̍ndrāva̍se̱ vivāc̍ o̱ hava̍nte carṣa̱ṇaya̱ḥ śūra̍sātau | (6.33.2a)tvām | hi | i ̱ndra̱ | ava̍se | vivāc̍ aḥ | hava̍nte | ca̱rṣa̱ṇaya̍ḥ | śūra̍-sātau |References
The transliterated Śikṣās are based on Peter Freund’s Devanānagarī texts:
10http://vedicreserve.mum.edu/shiksha/shiksha_vedicreserve.html
Avasānanirṇaya-Śikṣā with Commentary (PDF)Ṛgveda-Saṁhitā and Padapāṭha: http://www.detlef108.de/Rigveda.htm
Ṛgveda-Prātiśākhya: https://sites.google.com/view/rv-pratishakhya
The Rgveda Pratisakhya Vol III (1937/00/00) - English translation
The transliterated text of the Mādhyandina-Vājasaneyi-Saṁhitā is based on:
https://vedicreserve.miu.edu/yajur_veda/shukla_yajur_veda.pdf
https://vedicreserve.miu.edu/yajur_veda/Shukla_YajurVed-1.pdf (with doubling)
Vedalakṣaṇa texts:
https://sites.google.com/view/vedalakshanahttps://sites.google.com/view/vedalakshana/links
Last update by Detlef Eichler : 29 January 202111