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BhashaIndia.com :: The Ashtadhyayi |
 | | However, of late, there is a growing opinion in the computer science community, that much before the Backus-Naur form came into existence in 1959, the grammar of the Sanskrit language was defined in an extremely unambiguous and formal manner, almost akin to the definition style of most modern programming languages. |
 | | Panini (पाणिनि), a sage who is believed to have lived around the fifth century B.C., although other claims trace him to the 4th, 6th and 7th centuries, is credited with having created the Ashtadhyayi (अष्ठाध्यायी), or Ashtak (अष्टक), which is a grammar defining the structure and syntax of the Sanskrit language. |
 | | The Ashtadhyayi, written in eight chapters, divided into quarter chapters, distinguishes between the language spoken by the people of the time and the language used for classical literature, besides defining a syntax for the Sanskrit language. |
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