Aṣṭādhyāyī

GPTKB entity

Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Sanskrit literature
gptkbp:author gptkb:Pāṇini
gptkbp:chapter 8
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Mahābhāṣya
gptkbp:genre gptkb:syntax
gptkbp:hasConcept rules of Sanskrit morphology, syntax, and phonetics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Aṣṭādhyāyī
gptkbp:influenced modern linguistics
Indian linguistics
gptkbp:language gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkbp:locationOfComposition ancient India
gptkbp:notableCommentators Kāśikāvṛtti
Mahābhāṣya by Patañjali
Siddhāntakaumudī by Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita
gptkbp:precededBy Aindra school of grammar
gptkbp:preservedIn manuscripts
gptkbp:region gptkb:South_Asia
gptkbp:significance foundation of descriptive linguistics
basis for later Sanskrit grammatical tradition
gptkbp:structure sutra format
gptkbp:subject Sanskrit literature
gptkbp:title gptkb:Eight_Chapters
gptkbp:verseNumber approximately 4000
gptkbp:writtenBy circa 4th century BCE
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Pāṇinian_linguistics
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6