Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c13.11

c13.11

The range of secular literature in Pāṇini's times seems to have been remarkably wide and varied, considering that he discusses grammatical formations connected with such subjects as those bearing upon the rules and practices of actors and mendicants, and upon the treatment of children's cries, or the seasons [iv, 2, 64],¹ or fables and stories [ib., 102].