14 Facts About Vyakarana

Panini and Yaska are the two celebrated ancient scholars of Vyakarana; both are dated to several centuries prior to the start of the common era, with Panini likely from the fifth century BCE.

Vyakarana scholarship has dealt with linguistic analysis to establish the exact form of words to properly express ideas, and Nirukta scholarship has focussed on linguistic analysis to help establish the proper meaning of the words in context.

Vyakarana means "separation, distinction, discrimination, analysis, explanation" of something.

Vyakarana emerged as a distinct auxiliary field of Vedic study in ancient times.

Vyakarana helped ensure that the Vedic scriptures of Hinduism and its message of "Sabda Brahman" that Vedic Rishis had realized by their efforts, remains available to all in a pristine form.

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In Indian traditions, Vyakarana has been one of the most important sciences, one extensively studied over its history, and that led to major treatises in the philosophy of language.

Panini and Yaska, two celebrated ancient scholars of Vyakarana, are both dated to several centuries prior to the start of the common era, likely the 5th-century BCE.

However, both of them cite prior scholars and texts, which though lost to history, imply that the field of Vyakarana was an established and developed science of language before them.

In terms of dedicated treatise on Vyakarana, Panini is the most recognized ancient Hindu scholar, and his Astadhyayi is the most studied extant ancient manuscript on Sanskrit grammar.

The literary evidence that the science of Vyakarana existed in Vedic times abound in the Brahmanas, Aranyakas and Upanishads, states Moriz Winternitz.

The modern era Vyakarana scholars have included Bhattoji Dikshita, Konda Bhatta and Nagesha Bhatta.

Vyakarana accepts that a sentence can be grammatically correct even if it is semantically inappropriate or a deviant.

Verbs according to Vyakarana indicate action in a temporal sequence while nouns are static elements, states K Kunjunni Raja.

Panini's work on Vyakarana has been called by George Cardona as "one of the greatest monuments of human intelligence".