The History of Indian Literature c8.243

c8.243

Along with the Káṭhaka, the *Mánava* and the *Maitra* are very frequently quoted in the commentaries on the Kátíya-Sútra of the White Yajus. We do not, it is true, find these names in the Sútras or similar works; but at all events they are meant for works resembling the Káṭhaka, as is shown by the quotations themselves, which are often of considerable length. Indeed, we also find, although only in later writings, the Maitráyaṇíyas, and, as a subdivision of these, the Mánavas, mentioned as schools of the Black Yajus. Possibly these works may still be in existence in India.‡