Sauparna-Sruti

In Madhva's Visnu-Tattva-Vinirnaya, one finds a quote labeled iti sauparnasrutih. This is, Mesquita thinks, a ``loop'' for one of Madhva's own productions. However, a clue about the origin of this Sruti is to be found in another of Madhva's own works, the Gita-Tatparya-Nirnaya 2.25, whence he references a quote with the label, iti rgvede sauparnasakhayam. Accordingly:

1. In the Kashmir Khila Samhita, the Suparna Adhyaya comprises the whole of Adhyaya 1 of 11 suktas (79 mantras in all). However, a manuscript of the Suparna Adhyaya having an extent of 214 slokas (i.e., 214 $\times$ 32 syllables) exists in the collection of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal²⁰ (p. 240, entry 172).

2. In addition, there is one more Suparna Adhyaya²¹ translated into English.

3. In her work on the khila texts of the Rg Veda, Bhise²²discusses some Sauparna hymns, and translates them as well.

Our sources indicate that many manuscripts of the Sauparna recension of the Rg Veda still exist in India; these need to be collated and published.