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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 influential śikṣā works.

Approximate Date of Creation

The Pāṇinīyaśikṣā is possibly later than Pāṇini and his Aṣṭādhyāyī (cf. e.g. §III.1.4.4b [pp. 179−182] in Cardona 1976)

Author

Pāṇini or Piṅgala

Text Group

A group of texts

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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.

Authors

The Pāṇinīyaśikṣā is attributed to Pāṇini or Piṅgala.

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...