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the grammarian पाशिनि (Peterson's 4th Report LXXVI). The सवृत्ततिलक (III. 30) says that पाशिनि excelled in the composition of the उपजाति metre. Many verses ascribed to पािनि in the anthologies (vide Peterson's preface to सुभाषितावलि p. 58 out of which the verse उपोढरागेख० is ascribed to पािनि in सदुक्ति० p. 58, सूक्तिमु० p. 260 and शा्ङ० No. 3634 and occurs in the सवo p. 35, without name) and the verse ऐन्द्रं धनु: is ascribed to पाणिनि in सुभा. (No. 1815) and occurs in काव्या. सु. of वामन (IV. 3. 27) and व्यक्तिविवेक p. 75. A vartika on अधिकृत्य कृते अन्थे viz. लुबाख्यायिकाभ्यो बहुलम्) shows that the class of composition known as आख्यायिका existed long before पतञ्ञलि. The latter speaks of a kavya composed by वररुचि (यत्तेन कृतं न च तेन प्रोकं वाररुचं काव्यं जालूकाः श्रोका:' महाभाष्य vol. II. p. 315). On pp. 2-3 पतन्जलि refers to certain slokas called भ्राजs from which he quotes one verse 'यस्तु प्रयुंके' and explains it at length on which कय says that they were composed by कात्यायन. Vide काव्यमी. pp. 25-27. पतव्जलि, while commenting on the वार्तिक 'लुबाख्यायिकाभ्यो वहुलम्' mentions by name three works of the ख्यायिका class, viz. वासवदत्ता, सुमनोत्तरा2 and भैमरथी (महाभाष्य vol. II. p. 313; see also p. 284).

पाणिनि in the several anthologies. Two questions arise: (1) Whether Parini the poet is identical with Panini the gramma- rian and (2) whether the names पातालविजय (in नमिसाधु on रुद्रट II.8) and जाम्बवतीजय refer to the same work. On the first question cpinion is divided. I think that we should rather adopt the cautious attitude so finely put by Peterson in his Intro. to सुभा p. 58 (note). In H. I. Q. vol. 13 pp. 167-171 Mr. Krishnadeva Upadhyaya shows that the दुर्घटवृत्ति of शरणदेव composed in śaka 1095 (1173 A. D.) quotes three verses (not mentioned anywhere else, two of which are Upajātis and one अनुष्टभ) from the 2nd, 5th and 18th cantos respectively of the जाम्बवतीविजय. 1. राजशेखर quoted in the सूचि.मु. p. 43 says 'यथार्थता कथं नाम्ि मा भूदररुचेरिह। व्यधत् कष्ठाभरणं य: सदा रोहयप्रिय:॥'. Vide Peterson's Intro. to सुभा. pp. 108-109 for verses attributed to वररुचि in the anthologies. 2. For the story of सुमन, a rich merchant of Rajagrha, and his wife उत्तरा, vide 'Poona Orientalist' vol.7 pp.197-200. पतञ्जलि mentions the word सौमनोत्तरिक: (one who studies the भाख्यायिका सुमनोत्तरा) in vol. II. p. 284 on पागिनि IV. 2.60