پانینی

Panini was a male linguist, writer, and grammarian from Gandhara who lived during the Mahajanapada time period. Born in 520 BCE and dying in 460 BCE, he was a Hindu who wrote in Sanskrit, his native language. His primary field of work included Vyakarana and linguistics.

He is the author of 41 works, including The Ashtadhyayi, Sanskrit Grammar in Sanskrit and English (Ashtadhygyj), Madhaviyadhatuvrittih, The Ashtadhyayi Translated Into English by Srisa Chandra Vasu, and Grammatik. His name in his native language is पाणिनि, and his entry in abbreviations tables is Pāṇ. He is described by sources such as the Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary.