The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c5.s1.5

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This brings us to the date of Kātyāyana who flourished after Pāṇini and before Patañjali. Admitting that there is no direct proof, Keith suggested 250 B.C. as the most probable date for Kātyāyana. Eggeling, on the other hand, placed Kātyāyana in the fourth century B.C. after considering a still earlier date for Pāṇini.c Macdonell, in his *Bṛhaddevatā*d favoured a date *c.* 350 B.C. for Kātyāyana, more or less in agreement with Eggeling.