# अष्टाध्यायी (aṣṭādhyāyī)

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अष्टाध्यायी (aṣṭādhyāyī) is a Sanskrit word meaning a collection of eight books or chapters, relating to Panini's grammar, a book of eight chapters.

- **SLP1:** `azwADyAyI`  **IAST:** aṣṭādhyāyī  **Devanagari:** अष्टाध्यायी
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%E1%B9%A3%E1%B9%AD%C4%81dhy%C4%81y%C4%AB
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/ashtadhyayi/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Other (3 definitions)
- a collection of eight books or chapters  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 117,1] अष्टा (aṣṭā) ध्यायी (dhyāyī) f. ‘a collection of eight books or chapters’, N. of Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) xi [ ID=20313 ]
- relating to Panini's grammar  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > also of Pāṇini's grammar. [ ID=20314 ]
- a book of eight chapters  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अष्टाध्यायी (aṣṭādhyāyī) [Printed book page 033-2 ] अष्टाध्यायी (aṣṭādhyāyī) aṣṭa‿adhyāyī, f. book of eight chapters. [ ID=3097 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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