India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c10.s3.t1.73

c10.s3.t1.73

(2) *Śākalya* (I.1.16; VI.1.127; VIII.3.19; VIII.4.51), said to be the author of the *Padapāṭha* of the Ṛigveda; the *iti* used by him in the *Padapāṭha* is mentioned by Pāṇini as *anārsha*, non-Vedic (I.1.16), and is also referred to by the term *upasthita* (VI.1.129). Pāṇini mentions a *padakāra* in *sūtra* III.2.23, who may be Śākalya.