Pāṇini likely lived in Śalatura in ancient Gandhāra in the northwest Indian subcontinent during the Mahājanapada era. 展开

Indian curriculums in the late classical era had at their core a system of grammatical study and linguistic analysis. The core text for this study was the Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini, the sine qua non of learning. This grammar of Pāṇini had been the object of intense study for the ten … 展开

Two literary works are attributed to Pāṇini, though they are now lost.
• The Jāmbavati Vijaya is a lost epic poem cited by Rajashekhara in Jalhana's Sukti Muktāvalī. A fragment of this work can be found in Ramayukta's commentary on the Namalinganushasana 展开

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 … 展开

Pāṇini is known for his text Aṣṭādhyāyī, a sutra-style treatise on Sanskrit grammar, which consists of 3,996 verses or rules on linguistics, 展开

Pāṇini's work became known in 19th-century Europe, where it influenced modern linguistics initially through Franz Bopp, who … 展开

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• Tolkāppiyam 展开