Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c32.s1.66

c32.s1.66

19. The A. being avowedly based on old works, and the Sūtra and Bhāshya being combined in one treatise, every sūtra having original opinion of the author necessarily became *apadeśa* As Fleet has pointed out and almost every Hindu knows, it is a very ancient and even current practice to give the author's name in his composition in this country It appears odd to a foreigner, but it is commonplace in this country.