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born 1958
Theodore Proferes, born in 1958, is a scholar of Indology and a professor in the Philosophy department at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. His research primarily focuses on Sanskrit literature, ancient Indian philosophy, and the broader cultural context of South Asia.
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These circles are represented by the Kāṇva, Ātreya and Āngirasa authors from Books 1, 5 and 8, as well as by descendants of these authors.
At intermediate points along the way, individual verses and entire hymns were inserted into the RV collection.
The connections of Book 5 with Books 1 and 8 and not with the other clan books (2-4, 6-7) is interesting, since it seems to belong to the core RV collection (Oldenberg [1888a]; Witzel [1997]).
the clan book composers, except those from Book 5, are not well represented among the pavamāna composers of Book 9.
the pavamāna collection consists primarily of late authors, those from Books 1, 5, 8 and in a limited number of cases, 10.
We need not rely exclusively on the Anukramaṇī to affirm that there were important interactions between the priestly groups represented in Books 1, 5 and 8. As Oldenberg [1888b:213-215] has shown, evidence from the hymns themselves supports this conclusion.
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