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Vākyapadīya

The Vākyapadīya, a.k.a. Trikāṇḍī, is a set of around 2000 verses, divided in three books, treating the philosophy of Sanskrit grammar/philosophy of language. It is (one of) the most important works on philosophy of language in the Pāṇinian school as well as more generally, in the Sanskrit grammatical tradition (vyākaraṇa).
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450 A.D.
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Bhartṛhari

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