INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which is the oldest Indian linguistic text?
A
Nirukta
B
Mahabhashya
C
Ashtadhyayi
D
Kasikavritti
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Ashtadhyayi is the oldest Indian linguistic text.

Detailed explanation-3: -Each ancient Vedic school developed this field of Vedanga, and the oldest surviving phonetic textbooks are the Pratishakyas.

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