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Aṣṭādhyāyī (Ashtadhyayi)

A scripture consisting of eight chapters

Introduction
First Chapter — Containing 4 subchapters with 75, 73, 93 and 110 aphorisms, respectively (Total = 351 aphorisms)
Chapter 1
Second Chapter — Containing 4 subchapters with 72, 38, 73 and 85 aphorisms, respectively (Total = 268 aphorisms)
Chapter 2
Third Chapter — Containing 4 subchapters with 150, 188, 176 and 117 aphorisms, respectively (Total = 631 aphorisms)
Chapter 3
Fourth Chapter — Containing 4 subchapters with 178, 145, 168 and 144 aphorisms, respectively (Total = 635 aphorisms)
Chapter 4
Fifth Chapter — Containing 4 subchapters with 136, 140, 119 and 160 aphorisms, respectively (Total = 555 aphorisms)
Chapter 5
Sixth Chapter — Containing 4 subchapters with 223, 199, 139 and 175 aphorisms, respectively (Total = 736 aphorisms)
Chapter 6
Seventh Chapter — Containing 4 subchapters with 103, 118, 120 and 97 aphorisms, respectively (Total = 438 aphorisms)
Chapter 7
Eighth Chapter — Containing 4 subchapters with 74, 108, 119 and 68 aphorisms, respectively (Total = 369 aphorisms)
Chapter 8
Further information

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Introduction

The Aṣṭādhyāyī (lit. a book containing eight "adhyāya-s" or "chapters") is the corner stone of Sanskrit grammar. It was composed by the greatest Sanskrit grammarian of all time: Pāṇini (who lived in India around 500BCE). I could write a long introduction to this scripture —I could speak about markers, pratyāhāra-s, anubandha-s, etc.—, but it would be unnecessary because there is already a good article in Wikipedia about it. The only difference I have with that article is that they counted 3996 aphorisms while I counted 3983. All in all, in the Sanskrit universe we say that Sanskrit grammar contains ~4000 rules (3996 or 3983) because this is the number of aphorisms in this sacred scripture.

As this is a translation only, I cannot be explaining every cryptic aphorism in detail. For a rather complete explanation, check here: Aṣṭādhyāyī - Explanation.

Let the holy Aṣṭādhyāyī begin!

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Further Information

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