VyakaranaJuly 16, 2026
The Roots of a Language: The Dhātupāṭha
The Dhātupāṭha is Pāṇini's list of verbal roots — aj for going, bhṛj for roasting, śuc for sorrow — the raw material from which all Sanskrit words are generated.
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VyakaranaMay 27, 2026
The Bare Sūtras: A Grammar Without Commentary
The Sūtrapāṭha of the Aṣṭādhyāyī is Pāṇini's grammar stripped to its bare rules — no commentary, no examples, just the sūtras that generate Sanskrit.
VyakaranaApril 04, 2026
Kṣemendra's Alphabet: The Discrimination of Letters
Lipiviveka, a work on the analysis of scripts by Kṣemendra, teaches the discrimination of letters — varna viveka — composed for children, as a gateway to writing and grammar.
VyakaranaFebruary 24, 2026
Pāṇini's Machine: The Aṣṭādhyāyī at Work
An Aṣṭādhyāyī manuscript from Jodhpur preserves Pāṇini's grammar — the pratyāhāra-sūtras, the rules of guṇa and vṛddhi — as a working reference for Sanskrit.