India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c6.90

c6.90

It may be noted that the *Kāśikā* does not confine itself only to the tradition of Patañjali, Kātyāyana and Pāṇini. It has cited some older traditions showing that it considered a wide range of material. The best illustration of this fact is to be found in the example to *sūtra* I.4.86, *anu-Śākaṭāyanaṁ vaiyākaraṇāḥ*, *i.e.* ‘all grammarians were lesser than Śākaṭāyana.’ Śākaṭāyana was a well-known predecessor of Pāṇini. The *Kāśikā* here thus cites and conserves an older grammatical tradition, though Pāṇini long ago had eclipsed the fame of Śākaṭāyana. It also proves the tenacity of the tradition embodied in the examples (*udāharaṇa*). There are also a few other examples drawn from the earlier strata of grammatical tradition.