Encyclopedia - Sanskrit Grammarians: Encyclopedia - Sanskrit Grammarians
Sanskrit grammatical tradition (vyākaraṇa, one of the six Vedanga disciplines) begins in late Vedic India, and culminates in the Aṣ�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanskrit Grammarians: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit Grammarians - Panini's School
Panini's work had a phenomenal success, and later Sanskrit grammarians were essentially reduced to the role of his commentators, and his ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanskrit Grammarians: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit Grammarians - Early Accounts
The earliest historical accounts of Indian grammatical tradition is from Chinese Buddhist pilgrims to India from the 7th century. Hsüan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yaska: Encyclopedia - Yaska
Yaska Acharya is a celebrated Sanskrit scholar and grammarian of ancient India. He is believed to have flourished, according to one schoo...   » Read the article

Article - Infinity: Zero To Infinity In Indian Mysticism  
Ananta is Sanskrit for infinity. It is equated with the Supreme Brahman - infinitely powerful and so infinitely free. It is bigger tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Panini: Encyclopedia - Panini
Panini can refer to: Panini (Primates) is a Primates' group gathering Chimpanzees and Bonobos Pāṇini, the 5th century BC Sanskrit gra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aṣṭādhyāyī: Encyclopedia - Aṣṭādhyāyī
The Ashtadhyayi (Aṣṭādhyāyī, meaning "eight chapters") is the earliest known grammar of Sanskrit, and one of the first works on de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nirukta: Encyclopedia - Nirukta
Nirukta is one of the six Vedanga disciplines of Hinduism, treating etymology. Nirukta sutras consist of glossaries of difficult or rare ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pingala: Encyclopedia - Pingala
Pingala (पिङ्गल) is the author of the Chhandah-shastra, the Sanskrit book on meters, or long syllables. This Indian mathemati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Achyuta Pisharati: Encyclopedia - Achyuta Pisharati
Achyuta Pisharati (1550–1621) was a renowned Sanskrit grammarian, astrologer and mathematician of his time. He was a student of Jyestad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanskrit: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit - Grammar
Sanskrit - Grammatical tradition. Main article: Sanskrit grammarians Sanskrit grammatical tradition (vyākaraṇa, one of the six Ved...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanskrit Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit Literature - Panini And Ashtadhyayi
Arguably, no grammarian has had as much influence over the grammar of any language as much as Panini has had over Sanskrit grammar and ph...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Language - The Study Of Language
The oldest surviving written grammar for any language is believed to be the Tolkāppiyam (தொல்காப்பியம்), a boo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aurnavabha: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Aurnavabha
Aurnavabha (Sanskrit) A grammarian mentioned in Yaska's Nirukta; also a demon in the Rig-Veda.   (See also: Aurnavabha , Mysti...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Panini: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Panini
Panini (Sanskrit). A celebrated grammarian, author of the famous work called Paniniyama; a Rishi, supposed to have received his work f...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Agastya: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Agastya
Agastya: (Sanskrit) One of 18 celebrated Saiva siddhas (adepts), and accepted as the first grammarian of Tamil language. He is said to...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Agastya: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Agastya
Agastya: (Sanskrit) One of 18 celebrated Saiva siddhas (adepts), and accepted as the first grammarian of Tamil language. He is said to h...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pingala: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Pingala
Pingala (Sanskrit) A rishi said to be a great authority on the chhandas, the meter of the Vedas. His date is unknown, but he is someti...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Panini: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Panini
Panini (Sanskrit) The most eminent of all Sanskrit grammarians of whatever age, the author of the Ashtadhyayi, Paniniya, and several o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Devanagari: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Devanagari
Devanagari (Sanskrit). Lit., "the language or letters of the devas" or gods. The characters of the Sanskrit language.  ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Rakshasi-bhasha, Raksasi-bhasa: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Rakshasi-bhasha, Raksasi-bhasa
Rakshasi-bhasha raksasi-bhasa (Sanskrit) The language of the rakshasas, spoken of in old Sanskrit works; these rakshasas were Atlantea...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hinduism: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Hinduism
Hinduism (Hindu Dharma): (Sanskrit) India's indigenous religious and cultural system, followed today by nearly one billion adherents, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanskrit: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit - Phonology And Writing System
Classical Sanskrit distinguishes 48 sounds. Some of these, are, however, allophones. The number of phonemes is smaller, at about 35, see ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanskrit: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit - Influence
Sanskrit - Modern-day India. Sanskrit's greatest influence, presumably, is that which it exerted on languages that grew from its vocabu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanskrit: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit - History
The adjective saṃskṛta- means "refined, consecrated, sanctified". The language referred to as saṃskṛtā vāk "the refined languag...   » Read the article