Ashtadhyayi, ṣṭī, Ashtan-adhyayi: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term ṣṭī can be transliterated into English as Astadhyayi or Ashtadhyayi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammarṣṭī (अष्टाध्यायी).—Name popularly given to the Sūtrapāṭha of Pāṇini consisting of eight books (adhyāyas) containing in all 3981 Sūtras,as found in the traditional recital, current at the time of the authors of the Kāśika. Out of these 398l Sūtras, seven are found given as Vārtikas in the Mahābhāṣya and two are found in Gaṇapāṭha.The author of the Mahābhāṣya has commented upon only 1228 of these 3981 ūٰs. Originally there were a very few differences of readings also, as observed by Patañjali (see Mbh on I.4.1); but the text was fixed by Patañjali which, with a few additions made by the authors of the Kāśika,as observed above, has traditionally come down to the present day. The ṣṭī is believed to be one of the six Vedāṅga works which are committed to memory by the reciters of Ṛgveda. The text of the ṣṭī is recited without accents. The word अष्टाध्यायी (ṣṭī) was current in Patañjali's time; cf. शिष्टज्ञानार्थ� अष्टाध्यायी (śiṣṭajñānārthā ṣṭī) M. Bh. on VI. 3.109.
: Knowledge Traditions & Practices of India: Language and Grammar (vyakarana)ṣṭī (अष्टाध्यायी) is the name of a work by Pāṇini (7th century BCE) dealing with 첹ṇa (grammar).—Pāṇini’s ṣṭī is a grammar of both the spoken language (ܰ쾱ī) and the compositional language (徱ī). It is composed in the ūٰ (abbreviated and exact) style and contains around 4,000 ūٰs. As these ūٰs are arranged into eight chapters, hence the text is called ṣṭī (ṣṭ-ī, ‘eight chapters�). Then each chapter contains four subsections called 岹 (so a total of 32 subsections). It is the only complete, rule-bound and comprehensive description of a natural human language. For the later grammarians this grammar became a model for the analysis of many other languages.

Vyakarana (व्याकर�, 첹ṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryṣṭī (अष्टाध्यायी).—Name of Pāṇinī's grammatical work consisting of 8 Adhyāyas or chapters.
ṣṭī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ṣṭ and ī (अध्यायॶ).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) ṣṭī (अष्टाध्यायी) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—the grammatical aphorisms of Pāṇini. Io. 686. 1680. 2139. 2451. 2818. 2822. 2973. 3053. 3081. W. p. 209. Paris. (B 65b). Khn. 44. K. 78. B. 3, 2. Ben. 18. Lgr. 161. ṭm. 8. Pheh. 7. . 8. Oudh. Ix, 6. Burnell. 37^a. Mysore. 4 (and vārttika). Bh. 6. Bhk. 9. Poona. 14. 16. Oppert. 2225. 2274. 3105. 3287. 3708. 3947. 4200. 4678. 4778. 4809. 4832. 4904. 6306. 6866. 7743. Ii, 22. 721. 1027. 1708. 1719. 1728. 2025. 2230. 2378. 4255. 5475. 7484. 8132. 8541. 8615. 8812. 8978. 9002. 9235. 10101. Rice. 12. 18. Peters. 1. 113. 2, 167. 171. Bodl. 16.
‰ڳdzԳٲ NW. 44.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Dīpikā. Oppert. Ii, 6735.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Aśvatthanārāyaṇa Śāstrin. Oppert. Ii, 9382.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Devīdīn. Oudh. Ix, 6.
‰ڳdzԳٲ ṣṭīvṛtti by Vararuci. Oppert. 4201. See Mahābhāṣya, Kāśikāvṛtti. ṣṭīdaśabalakārikā. . 47. ṣṭīpāṭha in alphabetical order. . 8. ṣṭīpātha by Nāgeśa. Ben. 18. ṣṭīūٰpāṭha by Vāmana. Peters. 3, 40^a. 110. Aṣṭādhyāyyanukramaśloka. . 5.
2) ṣṭī (अष्टाध्यायी):—the eleventh book of the Śatapathabrāhmaṇa. W. p. 44. Oxf. 361^b. 364^b. 377^a. 395^b. L. 855. Ben. 11.
ṣṭī has the following synonyms: Aṣṭādhyayīkāṇḍa.
3) ṣṭī (अष्टाध्यायी):�(q. v.) by Pāṇini.
ṣṭī has the following synonyms: Śabdānuśāsana.
4) ṣṭī (अष्टाध्यायी):—Aṣṭādhyāyyanukramaśloka read . 8.
5) ṣṭī (अष्टाध्यायी):—by Pāṇini. Cu. add. 2457. Fl. 167. Oudh. Xx, 76. Peters. 4, 17. Rgb. 66. Stein 40.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Laghuvṛtti by Annambhaṭṭa. Printed in Vizagapatam.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Mitavṛttyarthasaṃgraha by Udayana. Stein 45. 261 (part of the first, and the sixth adhy.).
6) ṣṭī (अष्टाध्यायी):—by Pāṇini. Ulwar 1114.
7) ṣṭī (अष्टाध्यायी):—by Pāṇini. Ak 55 (1-4, and the first 岹 of the fifth). As p. 16 (2 Mss.). Bd. 56-58. L.. 728-732. Peters. 5, 216. 6, 227. 228. Tod 83 (1-7). Whish 60, 2. C. [anonymous] Hz. 1266. C. by Puruṣottamadeva. See Bhāṣāvṛtti.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ṣṭī (अष्टाध्यायी):—[from aṣṭa > ṣṭ] f. ‘a collection of eight books or chapters�, Name of [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xi]
2) [v.s. ...] also of Pāṇini’s grammar.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Ashta.
Starts with: Ashtadhyayikanda.
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