India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c6.3

c6.3

The celebrated grammar of Pāṇini is the oldest surviving representative of this elaborate grammatical analysis of forms and linguistic investigation. Pāṇini is the architect of the magnificent edifice known as the *Ashṭādhyāyī*, which justly commands the wonder and admiration of the world. His work may be regarded as the starting-point of the post-Vedic age, almost entirely dominating the classical Sanskrit literature by the linguistic standard set by it. His grammar regulates equally the language of both poetry and prose in Sanskrit. Pāṇini's work holds good for all ages so far as Sanskrit is concerned. It is a permanent influence and institution in the world of Sanskrit even to this day.