India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c10.s3.t1.25

c10.s3.t1.25

(10) *Kālāpa* (IV.3.108). Kalāpin, a disciple of Vaiśampāyana, belonged to the Udīchya country. The pupils of his School were known as *Kālāpas* (*Kalāpino'ṇ*). Kalāpin appears to be himself a teacher of outstanding merit, since Pāṇini tells us that not only he himself but also his disciples became founders of new Vedic schools. Of the pupils of Kalāpin, the *Kāśikā* mentions four, *viz.* Haridru, Chhagalī, Tumburu and Ulapa, who severally became founders of new *Charaṇas*.