Panini
(c. 520–460 BCE), Sanskrit grammarian. There is controversy regarding the dates of Panini, but most scholars believe that he lived in the fifth century BCE. He was born in Shalatura, nea...
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Panini
fl. fifth century B.C.
Indian grammarian whose system of rules for the Sanskrit language is regarded as a precursor of modern formal language theory. In his Astadhyayi, Panini gave some 4,000 a...
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