Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c12.25

c12.25

Among the Sūtras of the White Yajus the first to be considered is the *Śrauta Sūtra* of Kātyāyana which mentions the following teachers: Laugākshi, Bhāradvāja, Jātūkarṇya, Vātsya, Bādari, Kāśakṛitsni, and Kārshṇājini, of whom the three last appear in the *Vedānta-Sūtra* of Bādarāyaṇa, while Bādari is also mentioned in the *Mīmāṁsā Sūtra* of Jaimini. Among other particulars given may be mentioned the reference to the custom of *dig-vijayas* [xx, 4, 26], to the sacrifices on the Sarasvatī, and the *Vrātya*-sacrifices at which figure the Māgadhadeśīya Brahmabandhu [xxii, 4, 22]. Next, in the *Prātiśākhya Sūtra* of the White Yajus are mentioned three grammarians, Śākaṭāyana, Śākalya, and Gārgya (all mentioned by Yāska and Pāṇini); also Kāśyapa (mentioned by Pāṇini); and, lastly, Dālbhya, Jātūkarṇya, Śaunaka, Aupaśivi, Kāṇva, and the Mādhyamdinas.