<P> Pāṇini is known for his text Ashtadhyayi , a sutra - style treatise on Sanskrit grammar , 3,959 `` verses '' or rules on linguistics , syntax and semantics in `` eight chapters '' which is the foundational text of the Vyākaraṇa branch of the Vedanga , the auxiliary scholarly disciplines of the Vedic period . His aphoristic text attracted numerous bhashya ( commentaries ) , of which Patanjali 's Mahābhāṣya is the most famous in Hindu traditions . His ideas influenced and attracted commentaries from scholars of other Indian religions such as Buddhism . </P>
<P> Pāṇini is known for his text Ashtadhyayi , a sutra - style treatise on Sanskrit grammar , 3,959 `` verses '' or rules on linguistics , syntax and semantics in `` eight chapters '' which is the foundational text of the Vyākaraṇa branch of the Vedanga , the auxiliary scholarly disciplines of the Vedic period . His aphoristic text attracted numerous bhashya ( commentaries ) , of which Patanjali 's Mahābhāṣya is the most famous in Hindu traditions . His ideas influenced and attracted commentaries from scholars of other Indian religions such as Buddhism . </P>
who wrote a famous treatise on sanskrit grammer
who wrote a famous treatise on sanskrit grammer
Pāṇini
Pāṇini