The Sanskrit grammatical tradition of is one of the six Vedanga disciplines. It has its roots in late Vedic India, and includes the famous work, (ca. 4th century BCE). The impetus for linguistic analysis and grammar in India originates in the need to be able to obtain a strict interpretation for the Vedic texts. The work of the very early Indian grammarians have been lost; for example, the work of Sakatayana (roughly 8th c. BCE) is known only from cryptic references by Yaska (ca. 6th-5th c. BCE)… (More on Vyakarana)