As the oldest extant complete commentary on Pāṇini's Aṣṭādhyāyī, the Kaśikāvṛtti (KV) occupies a unique place in the history of Indian grammatical literature. It is generally believed to have been composed in the 7th century C.E. and it is traditionally considered the work of two authors, Jayāditya and Vāmana, about whom virtually nothing is known. A number of questions about its composition and relationship with other texts belonging either to the early Pāṇinian tradition or to other grammatical schools— in particular, the Cāndra and the Jainendra—still remain unanswered and require to be investigated in depth, as is pointed out by the authors of the articles that form the second part of this volume.