“His teacher was Varsa, and he was a contemporary of Katyayan…”

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“His teacher was Varsa, and he was a contemporary of Katyayana, Vyadi, and Indradatta. Panini is said to have secured the favour of Shiva and obtained from him the alphabet in the form of fourteen pratyadhara sutras.”

— Panini

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Title: Wikiquote: Panini
Type: reference · Secondary source

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Panini. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Panini. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Panini

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