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Mahābhāṣya

Mahabhashya, attributed to Patañjali, is a commentary on selected rules of Sanskrit grammar from Pāṇini's treatise, the Aṣṭādhyāyī, as well as Kātyāyana's Vārttika-sūtra, an elaboration of Pāṇini's grammar. It is dated to the 2nd century BCE.

Text Passages

Mbh. 1.30.1–32.11

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Mbh. 1.360.20

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Mbh. 2.2.29.15

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Linguistic Notions

Compounding

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Control

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Coordination

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Lexical vs Functional Categories

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