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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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