TRACING VEDIC DIALECTS - People.fas.harvard.edu
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MGS VārGS KGS/LGS BGS *VādhGS BhGS ĀpGS HGS VkhGS PGS<br />
/ĀgGS<br />
Mān.Vār Kaṭha/ Baudh.Vādh. Bhār. Āp. Hir. Vaikh. Pāraskara<br />
-Gṛhya Laugākṣi- Āgniveśya Sūtra<br />
śūtra GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS<br />
KauśS *PaiṭhGS<br />
(probably<br />
surviving<br />
in Orissa)<br />
*Mānava- *Kaṭh. Baudh. Āp Vaikhanasa<br />
Dharma DhS DhS DhS DhS<br />
Sūtra<br />
Manu- Viṣṇu- Vādhūla- Yājñavalkya- Sumantu-<br />
Smṛti Smṛti Smṛti Smṛti DhS<br />
Various Pariśiṣṭas (frag.)<br />
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LATE UPANIṢADS:<br />
MU KU MNU IU various<br />
Maitr. - Kaṭha- Mahānārāyaṇa- Īśa- AV-Up.s<br />
Upaniṣad Up. Up. Up. Praśna,<br />
Māṇḍ.-<br />
etc. Up.s<br />
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§ 4.3. LINGUISTICALLY ATTESTED LEVELS OF <strong>VEDIC</strong><br />
Only a thorough interpretation of the linguistic changes which occur in the<br />
bulk of Vedic literature will provide an independent system of checking the<br />
data gained from internal/relative chronology. Such an investigation results<br />
in at least five levels of development of the Vedic language. 50<br />
50 See J. Narten, Sprache 14, p.115., ann. 13; cf. K. Hoffmann, Aufs., Index s.v. Vedisch:<br />
Chronologisches (p.702); Minard, Trois enigmes, on textual chron.: I, §231 (gen.-ai, vāva);<br />
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