valakhilya hymns of rigveda

[govindapoduval k]

Sir,

Sayana has included valakhilya hymns in his compilation but did not comment on it.In Kerala valakhilya hymns are not being recited.

The Hoshiarpur edition contains the padapatha.The satwalekar edition also contains these hymns.They are included in the 8th mandala

and are not being treated as parisisshtas.Obviously Kerala brahmins would have seprated before valakhilya was added to the main text.

Kindly contribute your valuable suggestions/information on the subject.

K.G.Poduval

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[Dipak Bhattacharya]

Dear Poduvalji,

You have put an interesting question but the assumptions made therein may require reformulation. How are we to conclude that  'Sayana has included valakhilya hymns in his compilation'? They occur in the edition, true. But how to conclude that Saaya.na did not regard them as Pari;si.s.tas? As Sontakke reports a commentary was made in Revaanagara sometime and that was inserted in his edition by Sontakke.It is natural to conclude that this need of a commentary was felt after Saya.na's commentary came into being.

That means their appendix status remained as such even at the time of Saaya.na. Even if they were read by Saaya.na and his sahaadhyaayins, the status had not changed. Inclusion in the main text is not so important as the secondary status.

This is corroborated by the khilas of the AV;S and other khilas of the RV. The other khilas, eg the kuntaapas have always been kept separate from the Rgveda. They got place in the 20th kaa.n.da of the AV. But this is immaterial as there is no commentary. They are strictly pari;si.s.tas. The vik.rtis of the AV;S as Professor Deshpande personally told me do not include the Kuntaapas. That means tradition has always excluded them from the main body of the canonical redaction, as with the AV so also with the RV.

As to your specific query about the Kerala Rgvedins -- that they do not recite the Vaalakhilyas means that they follow the authentic tradition. The new one of reading them in the main body is not an authentic one.

Best

DBhattacharya 

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Kindly contribute your valuable suggestions/information on the subject.

K.G.Poduval

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वालखिल्याः - are referred to in तैत्तिरीयब्राह्मणम् (1-92) --

ततो’रुणाः केतवो वातरशना ऋषय उदतिष्ठन् ।(91)

ये नखाः। ते वैखानसाः। ये वालाः। ते वालखिल्याः । यो रसः। सो’पाम्।

Sayanacarya  compares य़जुर्वेद with a wall and ऋग्वेद and सामवेद as pictures on it (तैत्तिरीयसंहिताभाष्यभूमिका) --

तथा सति भित्तिस्थानीयो यजुर्वेदः , चित्रस्थानीयावितरौ ।

ब्राह्मणम् explains the विधि and उपयोग of मन्त्रs | So , when there is  ब्राह्मणम्  it vouches to the fact that there is  मन्त्र  and as such वालखिल्यमन्त्रs are authentic.

I am preparing Articles on all Vedas and during the course of this if I come across any material relevant I shall keep you posted.

धन्यो’स्मि

Dr.Korada Subrahmanyam
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University of Hyderabad,
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[VKG]

Dear Scholars
Charana Vyuha related to Rigveda said to be a composition of Sage Sounaka has interestingly anecdote on Vaalakhilya Mantras.
While presenting the number of Mantras in Rigveda, it states that this portion is not includes to certain Gotra clans or recension.
It also gives the regions each Veda Shakhq Adhyayana. Now we can correlate this text with actual practice. It is clearly mentioned that those without Vaalakhilya will have lesser number of Mantras.
Refer to Rigveda Khanda of Charana Vyuha.
Shubham.
Vamshi Krishna Ghanapathi