2629048 P?廜??ni (colour litho) by Indian School; (add.info.: P?廜??ni (IPA: [p??伈in怐i]; a patronymic meaning "descendant of Pa廜??"; fl. 4th century BCE), or Panini, was a Vy?kara廜??n from the early mahajanapada era of ancient India. He was born in Pushkalavati, Gandhara (on the outskirts of modern-day Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan). ?廜??ni is known for his Sanskrit grammar, particularly for his formulation of the 3,959 rules of Sanskrit morphology, syntax and semantics in the grammar known as A廜僮?dhy?yi, meaning "eight chapters"), the foundational text of the grammatical branch of the Vedanga, the auxiliary scholarly disciplines of the historical Vedic religion.); Dinodia; Indian, out of copyright.