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1883.] Rajendralala Mitra —On OoniJcdputra and Gonardiya. 
also in the Benares lithograph of Professor Bala S'astri (p. 117), it is put in 
and it seems to be required and appropriate. Dr. Kielhorn has not noticed 
it even in his table of variants, owing, apparently, not to his having had 
those editions before him. 
This view of the case, however, is opposed to that of the exegetes. 
Having alread}' expounded the meaning of Gonardiya in the comment in the 
first Sutra where it occurs, of course neither Kaiyata nor Nagoji takes note 
of it here. But Bhattoji Dikshita, in his Siddhanta Kaumudi, when explaining 
the sutra under notice, alludes to the passage attributed to Gonardiya as that 
of the Bhashyakara, i. e., Patanjali. His words are : BhashyaJcarastu tvakat- 
pitriko makatpitrika iti rape ishtapattim Jcritvaitatsutram pratyacha- 
Tchyau. There is nothing to show how the commentators would explain 
the difficulties I have pointed out above. No question was raised in their 
time, and therefore nothing was said. It is, however, easy to suppose 
that had the inconsistencies and contradictions been called to their notice, 
they would have urged that what I take to he the opinion of Patanjali were 
anticipatory adverse opinions (purvapaksha ), and that the final conclusion 
occurs in what I take to be a quotation. To my mind the logical sequences 
and the expressions used would not be consistent with such an interpreta¬ 
tion. 
Following my view of the case, it may be urged that there is nothing 
improbable in Patanjali’s quoting the opinions of those who bad preceded 
him. It is not at all unusual for him to cite the authority of his prede¬ 
cessors. Apart from the fact of his work being in a manner a running 
commentary on the vartikas of Katyayana, we find him repeatedly naming 
others, sometimes in support of his own opinions, and sometimes to refute 
adverse principles. 
S'akala is an ancient author, and his name occurs several times in the 
Mahabhashya as an authority.* Vajapyayana is an author whose name 
occurs nowhere in connexion with any Sanskrit work, but Patanjali cites 
him as an authority with the highly honorific title of Acharya.f Yyadhi 
is honoured in the same way.J Another, Varshyayani, is honoured with 
the higher title of Bhagavan, and the verb put by his name is the same 
(aha) which occurs against Gonardiya,§ and his name is perfectly unknown 
in our days as an author. Dakshayana is cited only as a compiler, jj Men 
* wu wt 1 p- 72. 
Again, I P- 72. 
\ ^r^rssrr i p- 242. 
I I P- 244. 
§ refill: I p- 2-58. 
|j %H«TT W Sift: I P- 468. 
