India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c6.20

c6.20

Patañjali also refers to the capacious intellect of Pāṇini by calling him an *Analpamati Āchārya* (I.4.51; I.335). It was by his comprehensive genius that Pāṇini was able to handle an almost unlimited range of linguistic material, subject it to masterly analysis, and reduce it to an order and system. His vigorous understanding and method have for ages disciplined and invigorated the minds of generations of Sanskrit scholars.