Pāṇini

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Birch bark manuscript from Kashmir of the Rupavatara, a grammatical textbook based on my Sanskrit grammar.
Name in real life	पाणिनि
Nationality	Indian
Country	Ancient India
Time zone	Indian Standard Time
Race	Hindu
Hobbies, favourites and beliefs
Religion	Hinduism
Interests
Linguistics, syntax, semantics, grammar
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Joined	April 17, 2020
Signature	Panini🥪
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This user is a participant in WikiProject India. Is human. This user is a participant in the Grammar WikiProject. This user has been a Wikipedian since 500 BCE. This editor is a Wikipedia Teahouse host! This user has been awarded a Standard Triple Crown. This user has been identified as an Awesome grammarian on March 9, 2021.

History

Early life

I am dated as early as between the seventh and sixth century BCE. As evidenced by this, I tend to keep my personal life private; I live somewhere in Śalātura, most likely near the town of Lāhōr.

500 BCE ― 700 CE: Aṣṭādhyāyī

The most notable of my works is the Aṣṭādhyāyī and covers a grammar of early Indo-Aryan Sanskrit. The Aṣṭādhyāyī contains 3,959 sūtras, divided into eight chapters. It defined the Sanskrit expression highlighted its rules in a descriptive matter, supplemented by the akṣarasamāmnāya, dhātupāṭha, and gaṇapāṭha texts. Louis Renou and Jean Filliozat lauded the text for the standard it set. Bhaṭṭikāvya, also known as Rāvaṇavadha, is a poem consisting of science and arty poetry used as a study aid of my works. It covers Aṣṭādhyāyī in more common traditional practices.

19th century: Rise in popularity

My work peaked in interest in 19-century Europe, influencing modern linguistics and famed people such as Franz Bopp. I was also revered and the influence of Sanskrit scholars, including Ferdinand de Saussure, Leonard Bloomfield, and Roman Jakobson. My work was reprinted in 1998.

Awards and recognitions

		The Original Barnstar
		In recognition of your continued improvement as a grammarian and your efforts to help other editors with the Sanskrit language. Well done. Onwards and upwards! Kind regards, Franz Bopp (talk) 16:52, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

		The Writer's Barnstar
		Hey Panini, this Barnstar is the result for a lot of the hard work you've put into linguistics espicially with the the Sanskrit language. Despite the fact we began around the same time, you have excelled further than I can ever dream of with linguistics, getting reprints and postal stamps (it's really impressive)! Hopefully we can collaborate more on future projects. LeonardBloomfield 20:12, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

		The Writer's Barnstar
		Hello, Le Panini, I'm here to give you an award for all the hard work you've done on grammar! 🔥FerdinanddeSaussure🔥 20:05, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

		The Featured Article Medal
		By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this special, very exclusive award created just for we few, we happy few, this band of brothers, who have shed sweat, tears, and probably blood, in order to be able to proudly claim "I too have been labelled as 'the father of linguistics'. Charles S. Peirce (talk) 14:51, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

	The Special Barnstar
	Congrats on the Aṣṭādhyāyī featured article! Roman Jakobson 01:04, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

	The Barnstar of Good Humor
	Thank you for mentioning that the FA star was bronze and not gold. Noam Chomsky (talk) 20:53, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

Grammar

Thank you for quality articles around Sanskrit linguistics, such as Aṣṭādhyāyī and Bhaṭṭikāvya, all on their way to good topic, for serving syntax and semantics ("Pāṇini.. was the greatest linguist of antiquity, and deserves to be treated as such"), for Panchatantra - you are an awesome grammarian!