India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c6.86

c6.86

In a *vārttika* on the *Krauḍyādi gaṇa* (IV.¹.80) Katyāyana refers to the *Rauḍhyādi* class, which Patañjali informs us was identical with the former (*Bhāshya*, IV.1.79; II.233). Since *Raudhi* is not included in the Pāṇinīya *Gaṇa-pāṭha*, we may infer that in some other grammar (*vyākaraṇ-āntara*) the *gaṇa* was named after it. We are indebted to Bhartṛihari for the valuable information that the grammar of Āpiśali (a predecessor of Pāṇini) arranged the words of the *gaṇa Sarvādi* (I.2.27) in a different order (Kielhorn, Intro. *Bhāshya*, II.19). The fact, however, remains that the *Gaṇa-pāṭha* evidence is at best only secondary and should always be taken with caution.