The History of Indian Literature c9.8

c9.8

n∗ * Respecting the use of the verb *vyákri* in a grammatical signification, Sāyaṇa in his introduction to the Ṛik (p. 35. 22 ed. Müller) adduces a legend from a Bráhmaṇa, which represents Indra as the oldest grammarian. (See Lassen, *I. AK.*, ii. 475.) [The legend is taken from the TS. vi. 4. 7. 3. All that is there stated, indeed, is that *vách* was *vyákṛitá* by Indra; manifestly, however, the later myths which do actually set up Indra as the oldest grammarian connect themselves with this passage.]