Ashtadhyayi

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proper noun

A grammatical treatise codifying what came to be known as Sanskrit, one of the first works on descriptive linguistics, generative linguistics, or linguistics altogether.

OriginSanskrit अष्टाध्यायी →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A grammatical treatise codifying what came to be known as Sanskrit, one of the first works on descriptive linguistics, generative linguistics, or linguistics altogether.

Origin

  1. Sanskritअष्टाध्यायी
  2. EnglishAshtadhyayi

Borrowed from Sanskrit अष्टाध्यायी (aṣṭādhyāyī, literally “eight-chaptered”).

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Ashtadhyayi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ashtadhyayi

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“Ashtadhyayi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ashtadhyayi. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ashtadhyayi,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ashtadhyayi.

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