A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.2165

c5.2165

VYĀKARANA. ‘Grammar.’ One of the Vedāngas. The science of grammar has been carefully studied among the Hindus from very ancient times, and studied for its own sake as a science rather than as a means of acquiring or regulating language. The grammar of Pānini is the oldest of those known to survive, but Pānini refers to several grammarians who preceded himself. One of them was named Sākatāyana, a portion of whose work is said to have been discovered lately.