[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Auxiliary Sciences of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga) › [Grammar](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana) › [Pre-Pāṇinian and lost grammars](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.prepanini) › Shakatayanavyakarana (Vedic) # Shakatayanavyakarana (Vedic) (Śākaṭāyanavyākaraṇa (Vedic)) शाकटायनव्याकरण (वेदिच्) Grammar of the ancient Śākaṭāyana, who held that all nouns derive from verbal roots (Nirukta 1.12). - **Language:** Sanskrit - **Date:** 700–400 BCE - **Author:** [Śākaṭāyana (Vedic grammarian)](https://indike.org/pramana/person/sakatayana) - **Text:** lost --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.prepanini.sakatayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.prepanini.sakatayana) · Pramāṇa