The History of Indian Literature c8.412

c8.412

The *Prátiśákhya-Sútra* of the White Yajus, as well as its Anukramaṇí, names at its close Kátyáyana as its author. In the body of the work there is mention, first, of three grammarians, whom we also find cited in the Prátiśákhya of the Ṛik, in Yáska, and in Páṇini, viz., Śákaṭáyana, Śákalya, and Gárgya; next, of Káśyapa, likewise mentioned by Páṇini; and, lastly, of Dálbhya, Játúkarṇya, Śaunaka (the author of the Ṛik-Prátiśákhya?), Aupaśivi, Káṇva, and the Mádhyamdinas. The distinction in i. 1. 18, 19 between *veda* and *bháshya*, *i.e.*, works in *bháshá*,—which corresponds to the use of the latter word in Páṇini,—has already been mentioned (p. 57). The first of the eight *adhyáyas* contains the *saṃjñás* and *paribháshás*, *i.e.*, technical termsast and general preliminary remarks. The second *adhy.* treats of the accent; the third, fourth, and fifth of *saṃskára*, *i.e.*, of loss, addition, alteration, and constancy of the letters with reference to the laws of euphony; the sixth of the accent of the verb in the sentence, &c.; the eighth contains a table of the vowels and consonants, lays down rules on the manner of reading¹⁵⁶ (*svádhyáya*), and gives a division of words corresponding to that of Yáska. Here, too, several *ślokas* are quoted referring to the deities of the letters and words, so that I am almost inclined to consider this last *adhyáya* (which is, moreover, strictly speaking, contained in the first) as a later addition.dag We have an excellent commentary on this work by Uvaṭa, who has been repeatedly mentioned, under the title of *Mátrimodaka*.¹⁵⁷