India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c10.s1.14

c10.s1.14

As examples of (1) Pāṇini mentions *yājñika* (IV.3.129) and *vaiyākaraṇa* (VI.3.7), 'students of the sacrificial ritual and grammar' respectively. Amongst other students taking up special courses, Pāṇini refers to students of *Kratu* or *Soma* sacrifices (IV.2.60), *e.g.* *Āgnishṭomika*, *Vājapeyika* (*Kāśikā*); and to students specialising in the *Anubrāhmaṇa* literature and thence called *Anubrāhmaṇī* (IV.2.62); and others devoted to Vedic recitation such as *Kramakāḥ*, *Padakāḥ* mentioned above (IV.2.61).