Wilson Philological Lectures on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages c6.49

c6.49

We have thus observed and determined the change that came over Sanskrit after the period that elapsed between the Brâhmaṇas and Yâska from an examination of the literature itself. But the fact is borne witness to by Kâtyâyana, who observed it in his time and made it the subject of a few vârtikas. Patañjali discusses the points raised in the following manner. An objector or Pûrvapakshin is introduced, who says:—