The History of Indian Literature c8.225

c8.225

⁸⁹ Certainly. In Burnell's *Catalogue*, p. 56, the Dráhyáyaṇa-Gṛihya-Sútra (in four *paṭalas*) is attributed to Khádira. Rudraskandasvámin composed a *vritti* on this work also (see p. 80); and Vámana is named as the author of '*kárikás* to the Grihya-Sútras of Khádira,' Burnell, p. 57. To the Gṛihya-Sútras of the Sámaveda probably belong also Gautama's *Piṭṛimedha-Sútra* (cf. Burnell, p. 57; the commentator Anantayajvan identifies the author with Akshapáda, the author of the *Nyáya-Sútra*), and the *Gautama-Dharma-Sútra*; see the section treating of the legal literature.