Pāṇini ( पाणिनि) was a Sanskrit philologist, grammarian, and revered scholar in ancient India.
Pāṇini is known for his text Aṣṭādhyāyī, a sutra-style treatise on Sanskrit grammar, 3,959 verses or...
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Pāṇini is known for his text Aṣṭādhyāyī, a sutra-style treatise on Sanskrit grammar, 3,959 verses or...
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..rules on linguistics,syntax, and semantics in"eight chapters"which is the foundational text of the Vyākaraṇa branch of the Vedanga,the auxiliary scholarly disciplines of the Vedic period. His aphoristic text attracted numerous bhashya (commentaries),..
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...of which Patanjali's Mahābhāṣya is the most famous in Hindu traditions.
Pāṇini likely lived in Śalatura in ancient Gandhāra in northwest Pakistan in the present day, during the Mahājanapada era.
The most important of Pāṇini's works, the Aṣṭādhyāyī is a grammar that...
Pāṇini likely lived in Śalatura in ancient Gandhāra in northwest Pakistan in the present day, during the Mahājanapada era.
The most important of Pāṇini's works, the Aṣṭādhyāyī is a grammar that...
...essentially defines the Sanskrit language. Modeled on the dialect and register of elite speakers in his time, the text also accounts for some features of the older Vedic language.
The Aṣtādhyāyī is a prescriptive and generative grammar with algebraic rules governing every aspect of the language. It is supplemented by three ancillary texts: akṣarasamāmnāya, dhātupāṭha, and gaṇapāṭha.
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