This volume contains a critical edition, English translation and essays on the initial section of the Kasikavrtti (7th c. CE), the oldest complete commentary on the Astadhyayi of Panini.

Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Preface; I. INTRODUCTION; Introduction; Methodology and Research; Description of Manuscripts; II. CRITICAL EDITION AND TRANSLATION; Critical Edition; Translation: The Section on Abbreviations; Appendix to the Translation; III. ESSAYS; The Importance of the ‘Kasika’; The ‘Mahabhasya’ and the ‘Kasikavrtti’. A Case Study; ‘astadhyayyam prathamadhyayasthamahabhasyakasikavrttyoh ka cana samiksa’; A Quotation of the ‘Mahabhasyadipika’ of Bhartrhari in the ‘Pratyahara’ Section of the ‘Kasikavrtti’; ‘Kasikavrtti’ and ‘Candravyakarana’: A Comparison of the ‘Pratyaharasutra’ Section; Paratextual Elements in Indian Manuscripts: The Copyists’ Invocations and the Incipit of the ‘Kasikavrtti’; The Relationship Between the Manuscripts; Bibliography of the ‘Kasikavrtti’

Edited by Pascale Haag and Vincenzo Vergiani