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JUB 2<br />
PB 7 (ABn 9)<br />
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The increase in the number of infinitives in -toḥ is clear, especially if the<br />
later Taitt. texts are included. TS/TB, the materials of which belong to the<br />
same strata as KS, have 30 cases of Taitt.S. + Br., as against 16 in KS. A<br />
similar increase is seen in JB/JUB (92+113%!), and the Eastern boks of ŚB<br />
participate in this spread of -toḥ. The Westrern books of ś‚ however have a<br />
low figure (58%). A comparison of the first books of both the Kāṇva and the<br />
Mādhyandina versions of ŚB is instructive. Both texts agree with each other<br />
almost word for word, except for small deviations of vocabulary and in<br />
matters of style (ŚBM 1-5 = ŚBK 1-7). But ŚBK has only 7 cases (142%)<br />
against 13 in ŚBM (180%). Again, the extreme East goes together with the<br />
Centre, while the Kāṇvas deviate and tend to agree with the texts of the West<br />
(in this case, the Western books of ŚB).<br />
The pattern of diffusion can now be described as follows. From a first<br />
attestation in RV stanzas (100%), the usage of -toḥ has been r<strong>edu</strong>ced by half<br />
in some Mantra texts. Note that the Western PS has 108 % while the Central<br />
ŚS hs only 40%; the percentage holds in part of the early mixed<br />
Mantra/Saṃh. prose texts (MS 101). Later Saṃhitā Mantra/prose texts show<br />
a steady increase: KS 171%, TS 141% (+TB 138%). The centre of expansion<br />
of this form seems to lie in the Kaṭha territory; the neighbouring Aitareyins<br />
agree with this; they show more strongly (289%) and even the late PB has 194<br />
%. From the Taittirīyas, the tendency spread southwards towards the<br />
Jaiminīyas,be it modestly: (JB 92%, JUB 113%), and the neighbouring<br />
(Pañcāla) Kauṣitakis again agreee with the Taitt.s (160%). 150<br />
While the early books of the Mādhy.ŚB strongly participate in the usage<br />
(180%), 151 the Kāṇvas, as usual, make an exception (142%) and tend to agree<br />
with the Western Śāṇḍilya school (ŚBMw 58%, cf. the enigbouring JB, based<br />
on a Central Śāṭy.Br., with only 92 %, also: MS 101 %, ŚS 40%).<br />
Later lexts like TĀ 2x, KĀ 1x, drastically r<strong>edu</strong>ce the usage of the inf. in -toḥ.<br />
But the Ait. school continues to use this inf. Just as the late AB (-toḥ + īsvara)<br />
scores 679%, so does AA (-toḥ) with 483%. This seems to be a phenomenon<br />
150 Perhaps this indicates the late time of composition of this Br., cf. the similar figures for<br />
JUB, the late ŚBMn and especially ABn..<br />
151 A text of later redaction, PB, also belongs here, with 194 %.The non-occurrence of -toḥ<br />
in the Ar. and Up.of ŚBM is unexpected.<br />
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