The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (2 Volumes in Set)

Panini’s Ashtadhyayi represents the first attempt in the history of the world to describe and analyze the components of a language on scientific lines. It has not only been universally acclaimed as the first and foremost specimen of Descriptive Grammar. Still, it has also been a chief source of inspiration for the linguist engaged in describing languages of different regions.

To understand the Sanskrit language, and especially that part of it which embodies the highest aspirations of ancient Aryan people, viz., the Brahmanas, Samhitas, and Upani¦ads, it is essential to have complete knowledge of the grammar elaborated by Panini. Being a masterpiece of reasoning and artistic arrangement its study is bound to cultivate intellectual powers. Western scholars have described it as a beautiful manifestation of Indian intelligence.

This book is an English translation of Ashtadhyayi in two volumes and has won a unique position in the world of scholarship.

Srisa Chandra Vasu (1861-1918) was a great Indian scholar in Sanskrit and Mathematics. Among his other published books include The Daily Practice of the Hindus, Containing the Morning and Midday Duties, Studies in the First Six Upanisads, Studies in the Vedanta Sutras of Badarayana and A Catechism of Hindu Dharma.