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Āpiśāliśikṣā

The Āpiśāliśikṣā is a work on Sanskrit phonetics, possibly in the Pāṇinian grammatical school.

Approximate Date of Creation

Possibly predating the Mahābhāṣya (on dating the Āpiśaliśikṣā, see e.g. Van Nooten 1973: 409)

Author

Āpiśāli

Text Group

A group of texts

Text Type

References

van Nooten, B.A. (1973), 'The structure of a Sanskrit phonetic treatise.' Acta et commentationes Universitatis Tartuensis: Oriental Studies 2.2: 408-436.

Journal Article

Authors

The Āpiśaliśikṣā is attributed to Āpiśali.

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...