About this course
What you'll learn
- Describe the overall structure and metalanguage of the Ashtadhyayi
- Read and interpret core sutras in Sanskrit with transliteration and glosses
- Perform step-by-step derivations using Panini's rule system
- Identify and apply markers (anubandha) and affixation procedures (prakriya)
- Analyze rule ordering and conflict-resolution mechanisms in the sutras
- Relate Paninian analyses to modern formal grammar frameworks
- Apply Panini's principles to morphological alternations and phonological processes
- Use primary commentaries (e.g., Katyayana, Patanjali) to inform readings and decisions
- Frame research questions for linguistic or computational study based on Panini's system
Prerequisites
Basic Sanskrit reading (Devanagari or transliteration) and introductory knowledge of Sanskrit grammar; prior coursework in Sanskrit or linguistics recommended.
- Level
- Advanced· Level
- Duration
- 10 weeks (approx. 40 hours)· Duration
- Language
- English· Language
- Modules
- 1· Modules
Skills you'll gain
- Sanskrit grammar
- Classical philology
- Formal grammar theory
- Morphological analysis
- Phonological analysis
- Rule-based analytical reasoning
- Derivational methodology (prakriya)
- Devanagari reading and transliteration
- Textual criticism
- Foundations for computational linguistics
What you'll study
1 module — work at your own pace.
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