Dear Sri Rajagopalan : Thanks very much for your note . PaNini's ashtAdhyAyi is the condensaton of Vedic sage's insights on Grammar and a build up on that infra structure to mkae sure that the Vedic way of speech is preserved . PaaNIni lived around 4th Century B.C in what is today modern day Pakistan on the bank of Indus . His great Text for Grammar written in Brahmi script during the post-Vedic period has 3959 SoothrAs (Aphorisms) . Adhi Sanakra in his Bhaja Govindham used to make fun of an old man in VaraNAsi , who was learning AshtAdhyAyee ( na hi nahi rakshathi DukkunkaraNE , Bhaja Govindham instead ) . Panini in his master work refers to 10 grammarians before him . His exactitude and rigor has not been seen its match in the grammars of Greek -Latin , Hebrew and semantic languages . Today the formal language of Computers are trying to study AshtAdhyAyi ( Ref: ongoing CDAC work ) from a computational linguistics point of view (Does PaaNIni SoothrAs amenable for expalnation using a meta Language etc ).. PaNini 's work deals with the phenomes , Morpheme and the root to derive the rules of Sanskrit Morphology . It is a limb of VedAs in that context . Sage Patanjali , who wrote the MahA BhAshyam commented on the 8 chapters of PaaNIni ( AshtAdhyAyee) around 200B.C and the VaartikAs of KaatyAyana dealing with AshtAdhyAyee . VyAkaraNa Saasthram is taught in MadhurAnthakam School of Ahobila Matam and elesewhere today . For some , it may be a very dry subject . Personally , the Bhakti approach and SaraNAgathi approach is more appealing to me than the esoteric but essential subjects like VyAkaraNam , For a well rounded person ofcourse intersted in studying great Sri Sookthis like Sri Bhaashyam of AchArya RaamAnuja , Tarkam and VyAkaraNam are a must . Hanumaan's recognition as Nava VyAkaraNa PaNdithar is linked to his Mastery of nine kinds of Grammar . The meaning of Nava representing a new kind of grammar does not apply here . In answer to your other question , JyOthishanm is another vast Vedic angam . It will take years to master that limb of VedAs as well . Best Wishes , V.Sadagopan ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/UwRTUD/UOnJAA/i1hLAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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