An Account of the Different Existing Systems of Sanskrit Grammar c8.9

c8.9

Dr. Kielhorn once believed that Pūjyapāda was a *nom de plume* assumed by a late writer, with the view all the more readily to make the work pass under the name of the last Tīrthaṅkara. The historical existence of the founder of this school thus doubted by Dr. Kielhorn has been conclusively established by Professor Pathak,¹ who quotes a verse from the Nandisaṅgha Paṭṭāvali² and gives other references to prove that Devanandi was no other personage than Pūjyapāda himself.