Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c13.3.4

c13.3.4

He refers to the commentaries called *Brāhmaṇika*, *Ārchika*, *Prāthamika*, *Ādhvarika*, *Pauraścharaṇika*, *Nāmika*, *Ākhyātika*, and *Nāmākhyātika*, as also to commentaries of which the *Kāśikā* gives the names as Aishṭika, Pāśuka, Chāturhotṛika, Pāñchahotṛika. Lastly, he refers to commentaries on certain classes of works belonging to the category called *Ṛigayanādi* which, according to *Kāśikā*, included a great variety of subjects such as Chhandobhāshā, Chhandovichiti, Nyāya, Vyākaraṇa, Nigama, Vāstuvidyā, Aṅgavidyā, Kshatravidyā, Upanishat, Śikshā, etc. [iv, 3, 703].