Posted on: 22 July 2010

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PANINI - His place in Sanskrit literature : An investigation of some literary and chronological questions which may be settled by a study of his work.
By Theodor Goldstucker
By A.Trubner & Co., London - 1861.

Pāṇini (Dēvanāgarī: पाणिनि; a patronymic meaning "descendant of Paṇi") was an Ancient Indian Sanskrit grammarian from Pushkalavati, Gandhara (fl. 4th century BCE.

He is known for his Sanskrit grammar, particularly for his formulation of the 3,959 rules[2] of Sanskrit morphology in the grammar known as Ashtadhyayi (अष्टाध्यायी Aṣṭādhyāyī, meaning "eight chapters"), the foundational text of the grammatical branch of the Vedanga, the auxiliary scholarly disciplines of Vedic religion.

The Ashtadhyayi is one of the earliest known grammars of Sanskrit, although he refers to previous texts like the Unadisutra, Dhatupatha, and Ganapatha.[2] It is the earliest known work on descriptive linguistics and generative linguistics, and together with the work of his immediate predecessors (Nirukta, Nighantu, Pratishakyas) stands at the beginning of the history of linguistics itself.Pāṇini's comprehensive and scientific theory of grammar is conventionally taken to mark the end of the period of Vedic Sanskrit, by definition introducing Classical Sanskrit.

The influence of Pāṇini on the founding father of American structuralism, Leonard Bloomfield, is very clear, see e.g. his 1927 paper "On some rules of Pāṇini".[12] Noam Chomsky has always acknowledged his debt to Pāṇini for his modern notion of an explicit generative grammar.[13] In Optimality Theory, the hypothesis about the relation between specific and general constraints is known as "Panini's Theorem on Constraint Ranking". Pāṇinian grammars have also been devised for non-Sanskrit languages. His work was the forerunner to modern formal language theory (mathematical linguistics) and formal grammar, and a precursor to computing.

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read this online: Comparison of Chomski and Panini Hindu ideas: Hindu epistemology 1. The universal within us. 2. Intuitive discernment. 3. Language is not identical with language. 4. Generative. 5. The universal is non-emperical. 6. Focussed on the social. 7. Diverse approach. 8. Subjectively orientated. 9. Close connection between speech, mind and communication. 10. Search for unchangeable laws. Transformational-generative epistemology 1. The universal language frame is within our genes (W. Sachs, Dass Heranreifen der Universalgrammatik in Sprachenverb Linguistische Berichte 94 [1984]: 1-26 where one can see Chomsky (1981) and Lightfoot (1982) are listed). 2. Intuitive discernment (E. Bach, An Introduction to Transformational Grammars [New York: Rhinehart and Winston, 1964], 187). 3. Language is not identical with reality (R. Langacker 114). 4. Generative grammar (Koutsoudas, Writing Transformational Gramars: An Introduction [1966: 46]). 5. Universal language principles is non-empirical (R. Lass, 22). 6. Chomsky's role in socio-linguistics (A. Kirsipuu, "Some Thoughts in General linguistics and sociology" Taalfasette 15 [1971]: 27-38). 7. More than one approach (S. Keyser, The Steely times strikes again," The New Review 11 [1975]: 14, 63-66 and page 65). 8. Subjectively orientated (S. Romaine, "Historical linguistics and language change: Progress or decay?" [1983]: 230). 9. Close link between speech, mind and communication (R. Langacker, 248). 10. Search for unchangeable laws (A. Koutsoudas 1966: 46).

Ravinder Rao-Kindly share the link.

Manpreet : http://www.egw.org/zboard/vannote/62978

google chrome doesnt open the link. But I would go on trying.

yes -this is the same one and it opens in safari.

Honestly I found the whole thing quite obscure. Couldnt make much sense of it.

It is very difficult subject-just think that after panini's work-next major work came in late 19th and 20th century.

Thank you for this. I am looking for as much information on Panini and his work as I can get, particularly his impact on mathematical thought in India (Panini's approach to systematizing Sanskrit led to the beginnings of algebra), and would appreciate any information that anyone can point me towards.

Pnini actually refers to Grammarians prior to him whose grammars were either too elaborate or not complete w.r.t. Sanskrit [Vedic and Classical]. The dhatupatha, ganapatha unAdisUtras are considered essential parts of Paninian System of grammar as appendices to the ashtadhyayi sutrapatha.This book is a very useful as a reference on the "concepts" used by Panini. This is my current interest for research too. Katyayana's criticisms often vindicated by Maharshi Patanjali in Mahabhashyam. In fact it is only when the three are takien together and studied that one could make sense of Paninian System of Grammar. Thanks for the link RBSI.

I just browsed through the Table of contents there are quite a lot of information available on Panini. I thibk I will also try and read through Ravinder rao's link. Hopefully there is some precursor to some kind of work I am interested in. thanks to Sh.Ravinder Rao saheb.

Thanks!!