Book Details

• Publisher: Sahitya Akademi
• Author: S. D. Joshi and J. A. F. Roodbergen
• Language: English
• Edition: 2004
• ISBN: 9788126018932
• Cover: Hardcover
• Dimensions: 5.5 x 3.9 x 2.4 inches

About the Book

This scholarly volume presents the Aṣṭādhyāyī, the central and most complex part of Pāṇini’s grammar, with translation and explanatory notes by S. D. Joshi and J. A. F. Roodbergen. The Aṣṭādhyāyī is one of the oldest and most influential linguistic and grammatical texts of Sanskrit, forming the foundation of the Paninian grammatical tradition.

The book provides readers with access to Pāṇini’s highly systematic grammatical framework through careful translation and explanatory commentary. It helps explain the structure, rules, and technical precision of Sanskrit grammar, making it useful for students, researchers, and scholars of Sanskrit, classical Indian linguistics, Paninian grammar, and comparative language studies.