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The grammar of the Sanskrit language has a complex verbal system, rich nominal declension, and extensive use of compound nouns.It was studied and codified by Sanskrit grammarians from the later Vedic period (roughly 8th century BCE), culminating in the Pāṇinian grammar of the 4th century BCE.
Shakatayana (Śākaṭāyana; 814–760 BCE) [1] was a Sanskrit grammarian, linguist, and Vedic scholar. [2] [3] He is known for his theory that all nouns are derived from a verbal root which contrasted to grammarian Pāṇini. He also posited that prepositions only have a meaning when attached to nouns or other words.
The most convenient method of inputting romanized Sanskrit is by setting up an alternative keyboard layout. This allows one to hold a modifier key to type letters with diacritical marks. For example, alt+a = ā. How this is set up varies by operating system.
The pitch accent of Vedic Sanskrit, or Vedic accent (Vedic: स्वराः svarāḥ) for brevity, is traditionally divided by Sanskrit grammarians into three qualities, udātta उदात्त "raised" (acute accent, high pitch), anudātta अनुदात्त "not raised" (unstressed, or low pitch, grave accent) and svarita स्वरित "sounded" (high falling pitch ...
In 1964, he joined the Centre of Advanced Study in Sanskrit at the University of Poona as a Reader. [2] In 1970, he was appointed the Head of Department of Sanskrit and Prakrit at the university. From 1974 to 1987 he was the Director of Centre of Advanced Study in Sanskrit. [2] From 1987, he led the Deccan College Sanskrit Dictionary Project. [3]
In line with many Sanskrit grammarians who had incorporated Panini's Vedic sutras to understand classical Vedic mantras. Bhoja asserts anyone who aspires to learn Sanskrit grammar , has to query everything from the sutra's alone and not to search in different texts. [ 4 ]
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According to Bod, Pāṇini's grammar defines Classical Sanskrit, so Pāṇini is chronologically placed in the later part of the Vedic period, corresponding to the seventh to fifth century BCE. [15] According to A. B. Keith, the Sanskrit text that most matches the language described by Pāṇini is the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa (c. 8th – 6th BCE ...