The History of Indian Literature c8.429

c8.429

¹⁶¹ This explanation of the contents of this book and of the word *vrátya*, is based upon its employment in the Praśnopanishad 2. 7, and in the Chúlikopanishad, v. 11 (see *I. St.*, i. 445, 446, ix. 15, 16). According to Roth, on the contrary (see above p. 112, note), the purpose of the book is rather "the idealising of the devout vagrant or mendicant (*parivrájaka*, &c.)."