On the Aindra School of Sanskrit Grammarians, their Place in the Sanskrit and Subordinate Literatures c8.57

c8.57

1. The Episodes agree narrowly in all the MSS. As regards the Bhagavadgītā, the very complete commentary of Çaṅkarācārya, the text of which is supported even to the minutest details by subsequent glosses, amply proves that this famous poem is in exactly the same condition now¹) as it was in the 7th century A. D. There were commentaries before Çaṅkara's, but they are not now in existence²). Another well known episode—the Nalopākhyāna—presents a few various readings in the grantha MSS., but not one of these is of any importance. The ‘Samudra-manthana’ in the S. recension contains some verses which are not in the Nāgarī MSS.