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Piṅgala

References

• Ghosh, Manomohan (ed.) (1938), Pāṇinīya Śikṣā or the Śikṣā Vedaṅga ascribed to Pāṇini (being the most ancient work on Indo-Aryan phonetics). Critically edited in all its five recensions with an introduction, translation and notes together with its two commentaries [Prakāśa and Pañjikā]. Calcutta: The University of Calcutta.
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Texts

• Pāṇinīyaśikṣā
  The Pāṇinīyaśikṣā is a work on Sanskrit phonetics. It is in several versions, which include a versified form and a sūtra form. It is attributed to Pāṇini or Piṅgala. It is one of the most influenti...

Authors

• Pāṇini
  Pāṇini (also referred to as Dākṣīputra and Śālāturīya), the author of the Aṣṭādhyāyī, was possibly from Gandhāra, which is the north-western area of the Indian subcontinent. In addition, the Pāṇinī...

Linguistic Traditions

• Prātiśākhya and śikṣā
  Śikṣā (literally ‘instruction’, particularly ‘instruction in reciting’) is the native tradition of phonetics, teaching proper articulation and pronunciation of Vedic texts. Traditionall...