Caraṇavyūha

Caraṇavyūha mentions the fourfold methods for reciting Ṛgveda of all the five śākhas among which Śāṅkhāyana - śākhā comes at the second place. The fourfold methods of recitation, according to Caraṇavyūha are — Saṁhitā pārāyaṇa , Jaṭa pārāyaṇa, Pada pārāyaṇa , Daṇḍa pārāyaṇa. When the Caraṇavyūha prescribes the fourfold methods of all the five Samhitas, it accepts the existence of the Śānkhāyana-Saṁhitā because in the absence of the saṁhitā text the prescription for fourfold recitations would be baseless. This Ms. is written in 8–9 lines per folio. Title is present in colophon (f. 4b) along with scribe Nārāyaṇabhaṭṭa Devādhara. There are double red vertical margins on each side of the folio. Mistakes are blacked out. Some corrections and additions in the margins. Some words, numbers and verse divisions are highlighted in red.