१४वा] महाभारत. १९३ विरोधी लेख, जेव्हां पंडित मजकुरांच्या पुढे ठेविला, तेव्हां त्यांजला ही आपली चूक कबूल करणे भाग पडलें. विषय प्रतिपादन करण्याची वेबर प्रभृतींची पद्धति कशा मासल्याची आहे, हें गोल्ड्- वेबर. स्टकर सारख्या विद्वान् गृहस्थांच्या लेखावरून चांगलेंच व्यक्त होण्यासारिखें आहे. ते बहुत- • मागील पृष्टावरून पुढे चालू. Panini was acquainted with the art of writing. He teaches the formation of this word, iii, 2, 21, " (Maxmuller.) वैदिक ग्रंथांत, किंवा सूत्रांत, आर्यलेखनकलेचे द्योतक असे शब्द पुष्कळ दृष्टीस पडतात, हे वांचकांनी विशेष लक्षांत ठेवावें. १. “ It is possible I may have overlooked some words in the Brahmanas and Sutras, which would prove the existence of written books previous to Panini. If so, it is not from any wish to suppress them.” (Maxmuller.) २. “Thus it seems that Professor Weber would make up his mind to that effect if some one would comply with his desire, and confirm the result of Colebrooke's calculation. But we must ask, on what ground rests this desire, which, in other words, is nothing but a very off-hand slur aimed at Colebrook's scholarship or accuracy."
"But Colebrooke was not only a distinguished Sanskritist, he was an excellent astronomer." (Goldstucker on Pánini. PP. 75-76).
