A History of Indian Literature v1.c8.s12.6

v1.c8.s12.6

These Pada-Pāṭhas are, of course, the work of theologians trained in phonetics, in fact of grammarians, for they present the text of the verses in a complete grammatical analysis. Yet they must be fairly old. The Pada-Pāṭha of the Ṛgveda is ascribed to Śākalya, a teacher who is already mentioned in the Aitareya-Āraṇyaka.[^1)