Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c12.24

c12.24

The Sūtras of the Black Yajus do not give much evidence, except the *Prātiśākhya-Sūtra*, which mentions some peculiar names of teachers such as Ātreya, Kauṇḍinya (once by the Buddhist title of Sthavira), Bhāradvāja, Vālmīki, Āgniveśya, Āgniveśyāyana, and Paushkarasādi (cited in the *Vārttikas* to Pāṇini by Kātyāyana). The two last names as well as that of Kauṇḍinya are mentioned in Buddhist works as those of pupils or contemporaries of the Buddha. There is also an allusion for the first time to the Mīmāṁsakas and Taittirīyakas and to a distinction between two types of Sanskrit, Chhandas (Vedic) and Bhāshā (ordinary).