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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 March 2011
Exactly two years ago it was my good fortune to lay before this Society my discovery of the system on which the hymns of the Rig-Veda were arranged,—a discovery of the highest interest to the student of the Vedas, not only by throwing unexpected light on ancient philosophical theology; but by giving back to the world the Liturgy of the ancient Brahmans,—all knowledge of the true character of which had been lost, even in India itself, for about 3000 years. Again I appear before you in the character of Veda-Vyasa, in order to lay before you the system on which the hymns of the Adi Granth are arranged.
page 437 note 1 Translation of the Adi Granth, Introduction, p. cxxviii.Google Scholar
page 438 note 1 Translation of the Adi Granth, Introduction, p. cxx.Google Scholar
page 440 note 1 India Office MSS. 2477, 2483, 2484, and British Museum MS. Or. 2158.
page 440 note 2 Dr. Trumpp; India Office MS. 2868; and British Museum MS. Or. 1125; Addit. 25,680.
page 441 note 1 In this calculation I omit the śrutis, or quarter-notes, and thirds of notes, as being too minute to serve as bases for separate Râgs. They would yield a total of 66 intervals.
page 444 note 1 The capital letters indicate the Gurus, as I. = the First, or Guru Nânak.
page 444 note 2 These three in gharu i. apparently out of order, are panegyrics on Nânak, and no doubt placed at the end of the Chaupadâs for that reason.
page 448 note 1 This hymn ia placed a little out of order, at the end of the chaupadâs of the 5th Guru, on account of the nature of its contents.
page 458 note 1 The position of this short hymn seems anomalous; if really so, it is the only anomaly in the Adi Granth.
