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The vocabulary of the Kaṇva maṇḍala [8] often coincides with that of the Atri maṇḍala [5] when it shows no correspondence with that of other family books. This subject deserves special treatment.

— Edward Washburn Hopkins

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the intermediate character of v, between viii and the other family books.

[there are a great many] evidences of special rapport between viii and v.

Priya compounds are a formation common in Smṛti [....] Epic [....] In AV, VS, and Brāhmaṇa [....] but known in RV only to books viii, i, ix, x.

viii with the General Books and post-Rik literature agrees with Avestan as against the early family books.

viii joins the later Avesta to post-Rik literature and the other General Books.

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