India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c10.s3.t1.72

c10.s3.t1.72

(1) *Śākaṭāyana* (III.4.111; VIII.3.18; VIII.4.50), a grammarian, who is quoted by Yāska in support of the view that all nouns are derived from verbs. His dominant position is indicated by an illustration preserved even in the Pāṇinian system, e.g. *Anuśākaṭāyanaṁ vaiyākaraṇāḥ* (*Kāśikā* on I.4.86), ‘all grammarians rank next to Śākaṭāyana’.