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Systems of Sanskrit Grammar $ 53-1 was already intended by Panini. Most of the new matter is taken from Chandragomin (without acknow- ledgment of course) and where he has improved upon Chandragomin, the improvement was already suggested by the Jainendra sñtras, independently of which there is hardly anything new that we can put to his credit.* In his sātra i. 2.37 Sakaṭāyana seems to quote Indra who pro- bably is to be identified with Pujyapãda, the founder of the Jainendra school. 70 The Sakaṭāyana Sabdanuśasana consists of four adhyayas of four padas each, the total number of sutras being about 3,200. The arrangement of topics is similar to that of later Kaumudis. He gives thirteen w and following the suggestion of Katyayana has omitted from them the vowel and assigned therein a place to the margs. He does not, of course, treat of the Vedic grammar. His ingenuity is mainly confined to economis- ing the wording of the sutras. Except in three* cases, he has invariably substituted the monosyllabic wherever Panini had used for or had quoted the name of some ancient authority. The most striking instance of this tendency is given perhaps by at 1 2 E.g. r for of Panini (i. 1.71). Instead of Panini's iv. 4. 29, fg, Chandra gives q- rafa and Bo also does Śnkaṭāyaua. 3 In giving Chandragomin's in- provement an on Pagini's weg: (v. 1. 126) Sukaṭāyana economizes one syllable by giving the sutra az fogaras, berein imitat- ing Pujyapada. 4 For Papini's art (v. 2. 133), Chandra gives a (iv. 2. 130), Jeinendra gives strat (tii 4. 143), and so also does Sakata- yana. The like holds true of Papini's ii. 1. 18, ii. 3. 34, &c. 5 Namely Śakaṭayana sūtras ii. 1. 229, 1, 2. 18, i. 2. 37 (corres. ponding to Papini's v. 4. 154. vii. 1. 79, and vii. 2. 101 respectively), where Sakata yana quotes far, far and. Whether, these three names are merely gor there were before him gram- marians of that name cannot be determined.