The History of Indian Literature c8.197.1

c8.197.1

This Sūtra, like that of Maśaka, connects itself closely with the Pañchaviṅśa-Brāhmaṇa, and indeed often quotes passages of some length from it, generally introducing them by "*tad uktam brāhmaṇena;*" or, "*iti brāhmaṇam bhavati;*" once also by "*tathā purāṇam Tāṇḍam.*" It usually gives at the same time the different interpretations which these passages received from various teachers. Śāṇḍilya, Dhānaṃjayya, and Śāṇḍilyāyana are most frequently mentioned in this manner, often together, or one after the other, as expounders of the Pañchaviṅśa-Brāhmaṇa. The first-named is already known to us through the Chhāndogyopanishad, and he, as well as Śāṇḍilyāyana, is repeatedly mentioned also in another Sútra, the Nidána-Sútra; the same is the case with Dhánaṃjayya. Besides these, how-ever, Láṭyáyana mentions a number of other teachers and schools, as, for example, his own *ácháryas*, with especial frequency; the Ársheya-Kalpa, two different Gautamas, one being distinguished by the surname Sthavira (a technical title, especially with the Buddhists); further Śauchivṛikshi (a teacher known to Páṇini), Kshairakalambhi, Kautsa, Várshagaṇya, Bháṇḍitáyana, Lámakáyana, Ráṇáyaníputra, &c.; and in particular, the Śátyáyanins, and their work, the Śátyáyanaka, together with the Śálaṅkáyanins, the latter of whom are well known to belong to the western part of India.