अष्टाध्यायी

Sanskrit

proper noun
Definitions
  • (linguistics) Literary meaning "eight chapters"; the earliest known grammar of Sanskrit, and one of the first works on descriptive linguistics, generative linguistics, or linguistics altogether.

Etymology

Affix from Sanskrit अष्ट (eight) + Sanskrit अध्याय.

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Sanskrit

अध्याय

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