Ashtadhyayi
The '''''' (; ) is a grammar text that describes a form of the Sanskrit language.
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24 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Background
- Grammatical tradition
- Arrangement
- Related fields
- Method
- Commentarial tradition
- Critical responses
- Rules
- List of ''IT'' markers
- Auxiliary texts
- ''Śiva Sūtras''
- ''Dhātupāṭha''
- ''Gaṇapāṭha''
- Commentary
- Other information
- Editions
- Notes
- Glossary
- Traditional glossary and notes
- Brahmic notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
The '''' (; ) is a grammar text that describes a form of the Sanskrit language.
Attributed to Pāṇini, the composition of the work is dated to somewhere between the 6th and 4th c. BCE. It describes the language as current in his time, specifically the dialect and register of an elite of model speakers, referred to by Pāṇini himself as śiṣṭa''. The work also accounts both for some features specific to the older Vedic form of the language, as well as certain dialectal features current in the author's time.