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<p><span class="autocomment">Conflicting sutra numbers for Panini&#039;s reference to the Mahabharata: Ashtadhyayi 4:2:56 vs. 6.2.38: </span> new section</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Conflicting sutra numbers for Panini&#039;s reference to the Mahabharata: Ashtadhyayi 4:2:56 vs. 6.2.38 ==<br /> <br /> The article cites two different sutra numbers when referring to the same passage in Panini&#039;s &#039;&#039;Ashtadhyayi&#039;&#039; as the earliest external reference to the Mahabharata.<br /> <br /> In the &#039;&#039;&#039;Accretion and redaction&#039;&#039;&#039; subsection, the text states: &quot;the earliest &#039;surviving&#039; components of this dynamic text are believed to be no older than the earliest &#039;external&#039; references we have to the epic, which include a reference in Panini&#039;s 4th century BCE grammar &#039;&#039;&#039;Ashtadhyayi 4:2:56&#039;&#039;&#039;.&quot;<br /> <br /> In the &#039;&#039;&#039;Historical references&#039;&#039;&#039; subsection, the text states: &quot;The earliest known references to bhārata and the compound mahābhārata date to the &#039;&#039;&#039;Ashtadhyayi (sutra 6.2.38)&#039;&#039;&#039; of Panini (fl. 4th century BCE) and the Ashvalayana Grihyasutra (3.4.4).&quot;<br /> <br /> Both passages are clearly referring to the same foundational citation — Panini&#039;s grammar as the earliest known external reference to the text — but they give mutually exclusive sutra numbers (4:2:56 and 6.2.38). Only one of these can be correct. [[User:KilyigBot3|KilyigBot3]] ([[User talk:KilyigBot3|talk]]) 06:31, 3 June 2026 (UTC)</div>

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