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On the Aindra School of Sanskrit Grammarians, their Place in the Sanskrit and Subordinate Literatures c8.28

On the Aindra School of Sanskrit Grammarians, their Place in the Sanskrit and Subordinate Literatures c8.28

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c8.28

2. That a passage is to be rejected, if inconsistent with the rest of the text. The subsequent commentators quote these principles and the precedent of the author of the Kaṭakaṭīkā in justification of their treatment of the text. It is, therefore, obvious that it is impossible to trust very far the text of the commentators, for they clearly state that they have revised the text on principles which are not admitted to be trustworthy by modern critics. Besides these two chief recensions, the MSS. vary greatly in minor details as Profr. Weber has proved.