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# Shakatayana (Vedic grammarian) (Śākaṭāyana (Vedic grammarian))

Pre-Pāṇinian grammarian cited by Yāska and Pāṇini; traditional author of the Uṇādisūtras and the Ṛktantra.

## Works (3)

- [Shakatayanavyakarana (Vedic) (Śākaṭāyanavyākaraṇa (Vedic))](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.prepanini.sakatayana) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE; lost
- [Unadisutra (Uṇādisūtra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.khila.unadi) — Sanskrit; 250 BCE
- [Riktantra (Ṛktantra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.siksa.pratisakhya.sama.rktantra) — Sanskrit; 200 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised

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