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Home > Indian Literature > Panini and Ashtadhyayi Panini and Ashtadhyayi Panini has left an indelible mark on Sanskrit grammar and phonetics. Panini was a grammarian from approximately 5th century B.C. His masterpiece is called Ashtadhyayi and is a study in brevity and completeness. His book completely standardized Sanskrit grammar and phonetics and is accepted till date as an authority. His stroke of brilliance lies in the fact the grammar he wrote in addition to being descriptive is also a generative grammar. He used metarules, transformations, and recursion with such sophistication that his grammar has the computing power equivalent to a turing machine. The Backus - Naun - form grammars used to describe modern programming language have significant similarities with Panini`s grammar rules. In applying his rules to Sanskrit verse he used such texts as Shiv sutras thereby establishing principles of harmony and linguistic wholeness. More... • Ancient Indian Liter.. • Panini and Ashtadhy.. • Sanskrit Plays • Classical Poetry • Regional Indian Lite.. • Medieval Indian Lite.. • Literature during Co.. • Contemporary Indian ..

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