Dear Patrick,
[with a confusing typo corrected]
The text referred to should be the Piṅgalacchandaḥsūtram, which is printed and discussed in this volume:
8.1 of the text begins: atrānuktaṃ gāthā (p. 11 of the book). I don’t see the pratīka quoted by Medhātithi, but another book
says on p. 37 that the phrase atrāsiddhaṃ gāthā used of gāthās not accepted in a particular tradition, while those which are accepted are anūktaṃ in
that tradition (if I understand correctly). I hope this clue leads somewhere.
Best,
Tim
I hope someone can lead me in the right direction in identifying this citation given by Medhātithi (on MDh 9.42) from Piṅgala:
yathoktaṃ piṅgalena: "atrāsiddhaṃ gāthā” iti |
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