[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.1873 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1873 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1873 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1873](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1873) Pāṇini's grammar contains eight chapters and each chapter has got four pādas and each pāda contains many sūtras. He has taken examples from worldly and spiritual texts in literature. He has dealt with the origin of sounds, connection between two words and all such etymological details. Pāṇini's grammar is not a mere grammar book. It is a science of language in itself. - [Previous: c8.1872](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1872) - [Next: c8.1874](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1874) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1873](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1873) · Pramāṇa