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‘The Sāmaveda takes all its words from (the Rigveda)’ : Renou 1952 on those that do not so derive.—‘The Sāmaveda or Veda of Melodies or Chants … set to music’: van der Hoogt 1929; Faddegon, Barend. 1951. Studies in the Sāmaveda, Part I, Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company, is solid and often entertaining.—‘The reason is not that two melodies are mentioned in the Rigveda by name’: RV 10.181.1–2 mention Rathantara and Brhat.

‘Much more systematic study is needed’ : we return to stobhas or stutis on pp. 209 and 242–44; Staal. 1989. ‘Vedic Mantras’ in Alper, Harvey P. Understanding Mantras. Albany: State University of New York (SUNY) Press: pp. 48–95.

‘Gentlemen! Join us in chant to him!’ : RV 9.11.1: upāsmai gāyatā nara‘…

‘Paz contrasted India with the New World’ : #85.—‘All we can say is that those were golden times’: Thapar 1996’s judgement is not flattering: #347.—‘Charles Malamoud related araṇya to ari’: we shall return to these matters at the end of this book (pp. 347 ff.).