[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953) › c6.76 # India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c6.76 India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c6.76 - **Language:** English ### [c6.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c6.76) According to the author of the \*Svarsiddhānta-chandrikā\* the \*Ashtādhyāyī\* consists of 3,995 \*sūtras\*, \*i.e.\* 3,981 \*sūtras\* and the 14 \*pratyāhāra-sūtras\*.¹ Böhtlingk's critical edition contains 3,983 \*sūtras\*. Dr. Kielhorn after a detailed enquiry into the text of the \*Ashṭādhyāyī\* came to the conclusion that "the text given in the \*Kāśikā-vṛitti\* (and that of the \*Ashṭādhyāyī\* in the editions) contains 20 more \*sūtras\* than the original text." (\*Ind. Antiquary\*, XVI.184). This increase is accounted for in two ways, \*viz.\* (1) by applying the principle of \*yoga-vibhāga\* or splitting into two what Pāṇini originally read as a single \*sūtra\*, and (2) by introducing some \*vārttikas\* as full-fledged \*sūtras\* in the present text of the \*Ashṭādhyāyī\*.² There is also evidence of retouching of some of the \*sūtras\* by introducing into them some words from the \*vārttikas\*. - [Previous: c6.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c6.75) - [Next: c6.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c6.77) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c6) ## Cites (1) - [Indian Antiquary](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.ia) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c6.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c6.76) · Pramāṇa