The History of Indian Literature c8.400

c8.400

The Kátyáyana-Sútra has had many commentators, as Yaśoga,¹⁵¹ Pitṛibhúti, Karka (quoted by Sáyaṇa, and therefore prior to him¹⁵²), Bhartṛiyajna, Śrí-Ananta, Devayájnika (or Yájnikadeva), and Mahádeva. The works of the three last,† and that of Karka are, however, the only ones that seem to have been preserved. The text, with extracts from these commentaries, will form the third part of my edition of the White Yajus.¹⁵³—To this Sútra a multitude of Paddhatis (outlines), extracts, and similar works \* attach themselves, and also a large number of Pariśishṭas (supplements), which are all attributed to Kátyáyana, and have found many commentators. Of these, we must specially draw attention to the *Nigama-Pariśishṭa*, a kind of synonymic glossary to the White Yajus; and to the *Pravarádhyáya*,† an enumeration of the different families of the Brahmans, with a view to the proper selection of the sacrificial priests, as well as for the regulation of the intermarriages forbidden or permissible among them. The *Charaṇa-vyúha*, an account of the schools belonging to the several Vedas, is of little value. Its statements may for the most part be correct, but it is extremely incomplete, and from beginning to end is evidently quite a modern compilation.¹⁵⁴