Bhallaveya-Sruti

In footnote 17 on page 21, and elsewhere, Mesquita calls a Sruti text of Madhva with the label Bhallaveya unknown, also following Appayyadiksita. In fact:

1. As before, in the Kasika commentary¹⁶ on Panini's Astadhyayi 4.3.105, we find the statement brahmanesu tavat--bhallavinah, referring to a Brahmana text of this recension. The commentary Nyasa shows that the recension was named after its progenitor Bhallu.

2. According to Ramanatha Dikshitar,¹⁷ manuscripts of the Bhallavi Brahmana of the Sama Veda are still said to exist in North India (p. 207). These need to be traced and published.

3. The Bhallaveya-Sruti is also quoted by Sankara in his BSBh. (3.3.26) and by his disciple Suresvara in his Brhadvartika (2.4.26).

4. Satya Shrava¹⁸ (pp. 66-68) shows that the following pre-Madhva sources all reference the Bhallaveyas: Venkatamadhava (commentator on several texts of the Rg Veda); Patanjali's Mahabhasya on 4.2.66 and 4.3.105 (from this context it is clear that a recension of the SV is implied); Naradasiksa 1.13; Jaiminiya Brahmana 3.125; Jaiminiya Upanisad Brahmana 2.4.7; Upagranthasutra 1.10 of Katyayana; Bhasikasutra 3.15 of Katyayana; Tandya Brahmana 2.2.4.

5. Ghosh¹⁹ gives citations (pp. 110-111) of ``this well-known school of the Samaveda'' from the following: Brhaddevata 5.21-23 and 5.159, Drahyayana-srauta-sutra 3.4.2, Baudhayana Dharmasutra 1.2.11-12--and also indicates other places where citations may be found.