A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c5.3

c5.3

Abhimanyu adopts the commentary of Kâtyâyana in the First Century, A.D. . . . . . . . . 243 Sûtra period from 600 to 200, B.C. . . . . 244 Objections. Date of Uṇâdi-sûtras . . . . 245 The words dînâra, tirîṭa, stûpa, Jina . . . . 245 The Pariśiṣṭas, the latest branch of Vedic literature . 249 Pariśiṣṭas of the Rig-veda, Sâma-veda, Yajur-veda, Atharvaveda . . . . . . . . . . 252 Gradual Rise of the Brahmanic Literature . . . 257 The Pariśiṣṭas mark the decline of Brahmanism . . 257 They are contemporary with the Political Ascendancy of Buddhism . . . . . . . . . 257 Buddhism, before Aśoka, was but modified Brahmanism . 260 The Chronology of the earlier Period of Buddhism is purely theoretical . . . . . . . . 262 The Northern Chronology, and its rationale . . . 263 The Southern Chronology and its rationale . . . 266 Both Chronologies irreconcileable with Greek Chronology . 275 The date of Chandragupta, the basis of Indian Chronology . 275 Classical Accounts of Sandrocyptus . . . . 275 Indian Accounts of Chandragupta . . . . 278 Coincidences between the two . . . . . 278 Apparent differences explained . . . . . 279 Buddhist Fables invented to exalt Chandragupta’s descent . 280 Brahmanic Fables invented to lower Chandragupta’s descent 295 Chandragupta’s real Date brings the real beginning of the Ceylonese Era to 477, B.C. . . . . . 298 All dates before Chandragupta are merely hypothetical . 299 The compromise between the different systems of Chronology proposed by Lassen . . . . . . 299 Kâtyâyana’s real Date . . . . . . 300 Other Arguments in support of Kâtyâyana’s Date considered 301 Sûtra Works that cannot be fixed chronologically . . 310 Sûtras quoted, some lost, others never committed to writing 311 Gradual change of Style in the Sûtras . . . 311