The History of Indian Literature c8.128

c8.128

For Áśvaláyana I find mention made of a commentary by Náráyaṇa,⁴³ the son of Kṛishṇajit, a grandson of Śrípati. A namesake of his, but son of Paśupatiśarman, composed a *paddhati* (‘outlines’) to Śáṅkháyana, after the example of one Brahmadatta. When he lived is uncertain, but we may with some probability assign him to the sixteenth century. According to his own statements he was a native of Malayadeśa. Further, for the Sútra of Śáṅkháyana we have the commentary of Varadattasuta Ánarttíya. Three of its *adhyáyas* were lost, and have been supplied by Dásaśarman Muñjasúnu, viz., the ninth, tenth, and eleventh.⁴⁴ On the last two *adhyáyas*, xvii., xviii., there is a commentary by Govinda. That these commentaries were preceded by others, which, however, have since been lost, is obvious, and is besides expressly stated by Ánarttíya.