TY  - BOOK
AU  - Satyanarayan Shastri Khanduri
TI  - Astadhyayi-sutrapatha of panini: Preface & prahlad critical notes of sutras
T2  - Krishnadas Sanskrit Series
U1  - 491.25 Sa84 A 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Varanasi
PB  - Krishnadas Academy
KW  - Sanskrit Grammar
N1  - According to Panini grammar, divided into 5 there are 1.Sutrapath 2.dhatupath 3.Ganapath 4.Unadipath 5.linganushasan. The Ashtadhyayi is one of the earliest known grammars of Sanskrit, although Pāṇini refers to previous texts like the Unadisutra, Dhatupatha, and Ganapatha. It is the earliest known work on descriptive linguistics, and together with the work of his immediate predecessors (Nirukta, Nighantu, Pratishakyas) stands at the beginning of the history of linguistics itself. His theory of morphological analysis was more advanced than any equivalent Western theory before the mid 20th century, and his analysis of noun compounds still forms the basis of modern linguistic theories of compounding, which have borrowed Sanskrit terms such as bahuvrihi and dvandva; 1-5 Adhyaya
ER  -