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# The fourteen sound-list sūtras (Śivasūtra (Māheśvarasūtra))

Shivasutra (Maheshvarasutra) · शिवसूत्र (माहेश्वरसूत्र)

The 14 sūtras arranging the Sanskrit sounds from which Pāṇini forms his pratyāhāra abbreviations.

- **Language:** Sanskrit
- **Date:** 500–350 BCE
- **Authors:** [Pāṇini](https://indike.org/pramana/person/panini), [Śiva](https://indike.org/pramana/person/siva)
- **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry)

## Commentaries (2)

- [Kāśikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi.sivasutra!nandikesvara) — Nandikeśvara, Sanskrit, not yet digitised
- [Rudraḍamarūdbhavasūtravivaraṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi.sivasutra!rudradamarudbhavasutravivarana) — Sanskrit, not yet digitised

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