बह्वृच परिशिष्ट?

[Madhav M. Deshpande]

भारतीयविद्वत्परिषत्सदस्येभ्य: प्रणतिततय:,

     "वेदविचार"नामकं ग्रन्थं पठता मया "बह्वृचपरिशिष्ट" इत्याख्यस्य परिशिष्टस्य निर्देशो दृष्ट: ।  आश्वलायनगृह्यपरिशिष्टस्यैवैतन्नामान्तरम् अन्यो वायं ग्रन्थ इति ज्ञातुकामोॆऽहमस्मि ।  एतद्विषये यदि कश्चित् किञ्चिज्जानाति, तर्हि ममाज्ञानं दूरीकर्तव्यमिति प्रार्थये ।

भवदीय:

माधवशर्मा देशपाण्डे-इत्यपाह्व:

[Nityanand Misra]

On Wednesday, May 7, 2014 8:22:27 AM UTC+8, Madhav M. Deshpande wrote:

भारतीयविद्वत्परिषत्सदस्येभ्य: प्रणतिततय:,

     "वेदविचार"नामकं ग्रन्थं पठता मया "बह्वृचपरिशिष्ट" इत्याख्यस्य परिशिष्टस्य निर्देशो दृष्ट: ।  आश्वलायनगृह्यपरिशिष्टस्यैवैतन्नामान्तरम् अन्यो वायं ग्रन्थ इति ज्ञातुकामोॆऽहमस्मि ।  एतद्विषये यदि कश्चित् किञ्चिज्जानाति, तर्हि ममाज्ञानं दूरीकर्तव्यमिति प्रार्थये ।

I read somewhere (do not recall where) that Bahvṛcapariśiṣṭa is different from the Śaṅkhāyanapariśiṣṭa and Āśvalāyanagṛhyapariśiṣṭa. A work by the name of Bahvṛcagṛhyapariśiṣṭa is listed by the IITS - Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon. The name suggests it is more likely the Pariśiṣṭa of the Bahvṛca Saṁhitā, which was the first Saṁhitā of the Ṛgveda taught by Vyāsa to Paila as attested to by the Bhāgavatam –

तत्रर्ग्वेदधरः पैलः सामगो जैमिनिः कविः (SB 1.4.21)

पैलाय संहितामाद्यां बह्वृचाख्यां उवाच ह (SB 12.6.52)

You may want to check with with Prof. Brij Bihari Chaubey Ji (sometimes credited as Vrajabihārī Caube) who till some time back was with the Vishveshvaranand Vishwabandhu Sanskrit & Indological Research Institute (Hoshiarpur). I do not know if he is still there, but we have members from the institute on this list who may confirm. Chaubey Ji had recently come out with a critical edition of the Āśvalāyanasaṃhitā of the Ṛgveda (Āśvalāyanaśākhīyā R̥gvedasaṃhitā Padapāṭhaviśadabhūmikānukramaṇīdvayasaṃvalitā, ISBN 9788185503172, published by Indirā Gandhī Rāṣṭrīya Kalā Kendra in 2009), and is an authority on various Ṛgvedic Śākhās and their texts.