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Deva Yajnika must have lived at least about 50 years before this. It is l'kely therefore that the Upanidana - sutra which is quoted as an authority by Deva Yajnika existed even before Sayana. If so, the question still remains why Sāyaṇa did not utilize it.
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As regards the authorship, really we do not know any thing. It is not clear whether the concluding words : इत्याह भगवान् गार्ग्यों गार्ग्यः have reference maly to the last few stanzas or to the whole work. In the latter case it can only mean that the work was composed by one belonging to the school of Gargya; because Gargyat himself who is older than Yasks cannot have composed this work which, on its own admission, is partly derived from Pingala who is later than Yaska.
VIII. CONCLUSION.
In conclusion, it is my pleasant duty to express my thanks to the learned editor of the Princess of Wales Sarasvati-Bhavana Texts for the inclusion of this work in that series, and to my friend Pandita Nārāyaṇa S'astri Khiste, Sahityacharya, Assistant Librarian, Govt. Sanskrit Library, Beuares, for his ready cooperation in the search of the MSS, of the work.
Sarasvati Bhavana,
Benares. May 5 1931.
M. 1. SHASTRI.
I have not yet examined the question as which of the The Sakhas of the Samaveda the Upanidana-utra longs to. determination of this question may explain why Sana, if he is posterior to the work, does not refer to it.
Cp. Indische Studien. Vol. VIII. p. 9.
