正文「四吠陀按祭祀职能分工而非四套并列教义」一判,原书开篇有总纲,逐项对上。「The term Veda is also used in the plural to denote the four different types of saṃhitā, those of the laudatory stanzas (ṛc: Ṛgveda), of the sacrificial formulas (yajus: Yajurveda), of the chants to be sung to certain fixed melodies (sāman: Sāmaveda), and the Atharvaveda comprising, inter alia, magical texts」——四者皆以「何种祭祀言语」为别,非以教义为别,正是正文之意。
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(二)祭官与经的对应亦有据:「The yajus… from which the Yajurveda takes its name… are generally in prose and, in principle, intended to be muttered by the adhvaryu」;又记 anuvākyā 为「mantras to be recited by the hotar」,yājyā 为同一祭官所诵以配 adhvaryu 之献;某祭「a brāhmaṇa for the hotar and one for the adhvaryu」。全书 hotar 三十四见、hotṛ 三十九见、adhvaryu 十八见、udgātar 二见(另见书末索引 111、190、314、348、432 诸页)、brahman priest 九见。(三)一层精确可供正文取用:原书指《阿闼婆》「was only at a later date recognized as canonical, was often excluded」,其时则称「three Vedas」或「threefold Veda(trayī vidyā)」。「四吠陀」之为四,本身即有先后,正文若言其分工,宜带此一笔。