Aṣṭādhyāyī - Gyan Bhandaar
Gyan Bhandaar
This manuscript page is a catalog entry from the Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute in Jodhpur for a handwritten Sanskrit text. The work is the Ashtadhyayi, Panini's foundational treatise on Sanskrit grammar. The manuscript dates to 1850 and consists of 54 folios. It is classified under the subject of vyakarana or grammar and was acquired under serial number 38789.
Sanskrit

Aṣṭādhyāyī

This 19th-century Sanskrit manuscript from the Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute, Jodhpur, preserves a significant portion of Pāṇini's *Aṣṭādhyāyī*, the foundational text of Sanskrit grammatical analysis. The sample reveals the characteristic sūtra-style aphorisms with their dense, telegraphic formulation, including the famous *pratyāhāra* (phonemic abbreviations) and metalinguistic rules that constitute the backbone of Pāṇinian grammar. Notable features include the presence of traditional benedictory verses (*maṅgalaśloka*) honoring Pāṇini as the 'eye-opener' of the world through the collyrium-stick of knowledge, and the inclusion of section markers (*sūtra-pāda* divisions) that reflect the text's pedagogical transmission. The manuscript's 1850 date and 54 folios indicate it belongs to a period of renewed scholarly interest in indigenous grammatical traditions, preserving the *vyākaraṇa* (linguistic analysis) system that remains unparalleled in its systematic treatment of phonology, morphology, and syntax.