INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Ashtadhyayi, written by grammarian Panini, is considered the standard work on Sanskrit grammar. Patanjali wrote Mahabhashya. It explains the principles given in Panini’s Ashtadhyayi. Q. is an ancient work on Tamil grammar.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ashtadhyayi, Sanskrit Aṣṭādhyāyī (“Eight Chapters”), Sanskrit treatise on grammar written in the 6th to 5th century bce by the Indian grammarian Panini. This work set the linguistic standards for Classical Sanskrit. It sums up in 4, 000 sutras the science of phonetics and grammar that had evolved in the Vedic religion.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Mahabhasya, attributed to Patanjali, is a commentary on selected rules of Sanskrit grammar from Pāṇini’s treatise, the Ashtadhyayi.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ashtadhyayi possesses 4000 formulae in eight chapters, which include 14 Pratyahar formulae too. Each chapter comprises 4 Paadas and there are 32 Paadas in total. Paniniyan Vyakaran is not only Sutrapath but comprises Dhatupath, Ganapath, Linganushasan and Unadipath also in its complete understanding.

Detailed explanation-5: -According to the grammar tradition, Patanjali lived in the second century BCE. He composed a Mahabhasya on Panini’s sutras in which he quoted from the vārttikas commentary of Kātyāyana. The grammar and linguistics of Sanskrit are greatly influenced by this work.