The History of Indian Literature c9.82

c9.82

²¹⁵ For example, from the relation in which the Prákṛit of the several existing recensions of the Śakuntalá stands to the rules of the Prákṛit grammarian Vararuchi, Pischel has drawn special arguments in support of the view advocated by him in conjunction with Stenzler, that of these recensions the Bengálí one is the most ancient; see *Kuhn's Beiträge zur vergl. Sprachforsch.*, viii. 129 ff. (1874), and my observations on the subject in *I. St.*, xiv. 35 ff.