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The '''''Anukramaṇī''''' ({{lang-sa|अनुक्रमणी}}, {{IAST|Anukramaṇī}}) (also ''{{IAST|Anukramaṇikā}}'') are the systematic indices of [[Vedas|Vedic]] hymns<ref name="m1">Max Müller, F. (1860) ''A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature So Far As It Illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans'', London:Williams and Norgate, pp.215-29</ref> recording [[Vedic meter|poetic meter]], content, and traditions of authorship.

==Anukramanis of the Rigveda==
Six Anukramanis of the [[Rigveda]] are ascribed to [[Shaunaka]]: ''Anuvakanukramani'', ''Arshanukramani'', ''Chandonukramani'', ''Devatanukramani'', ''Padanukramani'' and ''Suktanukramani''. Except the ''Anuvakakramani'', other Anukramanis survive only in quotations found in the writings of Shadgurashishya.

The most important Anukramani of the [[Rigveda]] is [[Katyayana]]'s ''[[Sarvanukramani]]'' (ca. 2nd century BCE), recording the first word, the number of verses, name and family of poets ([[rshi]]s), names of [[Rigvedic deities|deities]] and [[Vedic meter|metres]] for each of the 1,028 hymns of the Rigveda. The ''Vedarthadipika'', written by Shadgurushishya (12th century) is a significant commentary of this work.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}

[[Manfred Mayrhofer|Mayrhofer]] (2003) discusses the personal names contained in the Rigveda Anukramani, counting 543 items. Academic opinion regarding the age and authenticity of the tradition of these names is not unanimous. Mayrhofer suggests that [[Hermann Oldenberg]] (1888) was essentially correct in assuming that
:"the editors of the lists of authors [...] [possessed] a correct notion of the families associated with these Mandalas [the Rigvedic "family books" 2–7], ''possibly'' rooted in tradition. Beyond this, they do not betray as much as the slightest sign of any genuine tradition on the hymn authors." (p. 229)

Another view is set forth by [[Stephanie W. Jamison]] and Joel P. Brereton in the 2014 English translation of the Rigveda:

:Even though the anukramaṇīs were composed and redacted long after the R̥gvedic period, they are an invaluable resource, for, by and large, their identifications of the poets of hymns are plausible.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Jamison|first1=Stephanie W.|last2=Brereton|first2=Joel P.|date=2014|title=The Rigveda. The Earliest Religious Poetry of India|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|isbn=9780199370184|page=11|volume=I}}</ref>

==Anukramanis of the other Vedas==
The ''Arsheya Brahmana'' is the earliest Anukramani of the [[Samaveda]],<ref name="m1"/> belonging to its ''Kauthuma'' [[shakha]]. The ''Jaiminiya Arsheya Brahmana'' is a later Anukramani of the Samaveda belonging to its ''Jaiminiya'' shakha.

There are three Anukramanis of the [[Yajurveda]] belonging to the Atreyi ''shakha'' of the ''[[Taittiriya Shakha|Taittiriyasamhita]]'', Charayaniya ''shakha'' (known as ''Mantrarshadhyaya'') and Madhyandina ''shakha'' of the ''Vajasaneyisamhita'' ascribed to [[Katyayana]].<ref name="m1"/>

The ''Brihatsarvanukramani''<ref name="m1"/> and the ''Atharvavediyapancpatalika'' are the Anukramanis of the [[Atharvaveda]]. The ''Brihatsarvanukramani'' is a complete index of the ''Atharvavedasamhita'' in 10 ''patala''s.<ref name="m1"/>

==Notes==
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==References==
click on the link below for vedas and vedic concordances

http://fourvedas.webs.com/vedic-concordances-index

*Manfred Mayrhofer, ''Die Personennamen in der {{IAST|Ṛgveda-Saṁhitā}}. Sicheres und Zweifelhaftes'', Munich (2003).
*Hermann Oldenberg, ''Ueber die Liedverfasser des Rigveda''. [[ZDMG]] 42 (1888) 199-247.

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