Pāṇini
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Pāṇini (Sanskrit: पाणिनि, pronounced [paːɳin̪i]) was a logician, Sanskrit philologist, grammarian, and revered scholar in ancient India,[2][9][10] variously dated between the 6th[6][7][note 2] and 4th century BCE.[3][4][5][1]
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Pāṇini | |
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पाणिनि | |
Born | Northwest Indian subcontinent[note 1] |
Notable work | Aṣṭādhyāyī (Classical Sanskrit) |
Era | fl. 4th century BCE;[3][4][5] fl. 400–350 BCE;[1] 6th–5th century BCE[6][7][note 2] |
Region | Indian philosophy |
Main interests | Grammar, linguistics |
Notable ideas | Descriptive linguistics |
The greatest linguist of antiquity
Pāṇini.. was the greatest linguist of antiquity, and deserves to be treated as such.
— JF Staal, A reader on the Sanskrit Grammarians[8]
Since the discovery and publication of his work Aṣṭādhyāyī by European scholars in the nineteenth century, Pāṇini has been considered the "first descriptive linguist",[11] and even labelled as "the father of linguistics".[12][13][14] His approach to grammar was influential on such foundational linguists as Ferdinand de Saussure and Leonard Bloomfield.[15]