INDIAN HISTORY

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The greatest Sanskrit grammarian was
A
Brahma Gupta
B
Aryabhatta
C
Panini
D
Vishnu Gupta
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Pāṇini (Devanagari: , pronounced [paːɳɪnɪ]) was a Sanskrit philologist, grammarian, and revered scholar in ancient India, variously dated between the 6th and 4th century BCE. Pāṇini.. was the greatest linguist of antiquity, and deserves to be treated as such.

Detailed explanation-2: -Panini was a Sanskrit grammarian who gave a comprehensive and scientific theory of phonetics, phonology, and morphology. Sanskrit was the classical literary language of the Indian Hindus and Panini is considered the founder of the language and literature.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Panini, the first Grammarian of Sanskrit language in India, lived during the .

Detailed explanation-5: -What is Panini known for? Answer: Panini was a legendary Indian Sanskrit grammarian who was an expert in language and grammar and authored one of the greatest works on grammar called Ashtadhyayi.

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