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Also known as Pāṇini, Daksiputra Panini, Pánini, Pānini

Panini (, ) was a Sanskrit grammarian, logician, philologist, and revered scholar of Ancient India during the mid-1st millennium BCE, dated variously by most scholars between the 6th–5th and 4th centuries BCE.

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Pāṇini was a male linguist, writer, and grammarian from Gandhara who lived during the Mahajanapada period. Born in 520 BCE and dying in 460 BCE, he worked within the field of Vyakarana and linguistics. His native language was Sanskrit, and he adhered to Hinduism.

His notable works include *The Ashtadhyayi*, *Sanskrit Grammar in Sanskrit and English (Ashtadhygyj)*, *Madhaviyadhatuvrittih*, and *Grammatik*. He is also associated with *The Ashtadhyayi Translated Into English by Srisa Chandra Vasu*. Pāṇini is described in sources such as the Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia and Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.

Synthesized by Vinony from 27 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
41

Top works

  • The Ashtadhyayi
  • Sanskrit Grammar in Sanskrit and English (Ashtadhygyj)
  • Madhaviyadhatuvrittih
  • The Ashtadhyayi Translated Into English by Srisa Chandra Vasu
  • Vyākaraṇamitākṣarā ; Annaṃbhaṭṭapraṇīta ; Śrīparavastu Śrīnivāsa Jagannāthasvāmibhirāryavaragurubhistatputreṇa Bhaṭṭanātha Svāmi Vidyāratnena ca saṃśodhitā

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
2,449
Total plays
15,735

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Growing up with capital flows

    · 2005 · cited 177x

  2. Twofold expansion of the Indo-Pacific warm pool warps the MJO life cycle

    · 2019 · cited 160x

  3. A new three dimensional biomimetic hydrogel to deliver factors secreted by human mesenchymal stem cells in spinal cord injury

    · 2016 · cited 148x

  4. Early modulation of pro-inflammatory microglia by minocycline loaded nanoparticles confers long lasting protection after spinal cord injury

    · 2016 · cited 133x

  5. Integrated microfluidic systems with an immunosensor modified with carbon nanotubes for detection of prostate specific antigen (PSA) in human serum samples

    · 2008 · cited 113x

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Key facts

Philosopher.name
Pāṇini
Philosopher.birth_place
Ancient India
Philosopher.image
Stamp of India - 2004 - Colnect 158527 - Panini.jpeg
Philosopher.era
variously dated between 6th–5th century BCE and 4th century BCE
Philosopher.region
Indian philosophy
Philosopher.main_interests
Grammar, linguistics
Philosopher.notable_works
'''' (Classical Sanskrit)
Philosopher.notable_ideas
Descriptive linguistics

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Encyclopedic overview

18 sections
Contents
  • Biography
  • Dating
  • Location
  • Legends and later reception
  • ''Ashtadhyayi''
  • ''Bhaṭṭikāvya''
  • Legacy
  • Modern linguistics
  • De Saussure
  • Comparison with modern formal systems
  • Other works
  • See also
  • Glossary
  • Notes
  • References
  • Sources
  • Further reading
  • External links

Panini (, ) was a Sanskrit grammarian, logician, philologist, and revered scholar of Ancient India during the mid-1st millennium BCE, dated variously by most scholars between the 6th–5th and 4th centuries BCE.

The historical facts of his life are unknown, except only what can be inferred from his works, and legends recorded long after. His most notable work, the Ashtadhyayi (Aṣṭādhyāyī) (Devanagari: अष्टाध्यायी), is conventionally taken to mark the start of Classical Sanskrit. His work formally codified Classical Sanskrit as a refined and standardized language, making use of a technical metalanguage consisting of a syntax, morphology, and lexicon, organised according to a series of meta-rules.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Panini” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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