Abstract
After a brief account of the position in the Upanishadicliterature of the Maitri-up.(ξ1), the author enters upon adetailed discussion of the textual history of the same Upanisad. The proto-text, according to the author, consistedof the parts corresponding to I. 2-IV. 3 (±IV. 1) of Cowell's edition, and it then developed into the shorter or Southern recension with its three subdivisions and the longeror Northern recension represented by Cowell's edition (ξ2).
Taking the latter rec. as the basis of his investigation theauthor next proceeds to the problem, how far the well-knownsaihdhi-peculiarittes of the Maitrayaniya-school were observed by the Maitri Up.(ξ3). Among these school-peculiarities themost important is, of course, the change of the final unaccented-e or-as in-a before an accented vowel, since in thiscase accentuation was a vital element of the phonetic change.After a thorough examination the author arrives at the conclu-. sion that the cases of fallacious application or negligenceof correct application of this saldhi-rule are in a negligibleminority against the opposite cases, and this state of affairsextends even to the later additions (prep. VI and VTI) of thelonger recension. The author surmises that the !iaitri t., asit stands in Cowell's edition was completed when the knowledge of the Vedic accentuation was yet kept alive among the Maintrayenlyas, say ca. 200 B. C.(ξ4).
