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Pāṇini

500 BC - 460 BC

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Pāṇini (; Sanskrit: पाणिनि [pāṇini]) was a Sanskrit grammarian, logician, philologist, and revered scholar in ancient India, variously dated between the 7th and 4th century BCE. With his most notable work, the Aṣṭādhyāyī, Pāṇini has been considered the "first descriptive linguist", and even labelled as "the father of linguistics". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pāṇini has received more than 1,797,645 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). Pāṇini is the 13th most popular linguist (down from 9th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Pakistani Linguist.

Pāṇini is most famous for his work on Sanskrit grammar. He is the author of the Aṣṭādhyāyī, which is the first known work on Sanskrit grammar.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Pāṇini ranks 13 out of 214. Before him are Roman Jakobson, Noah Webster, Edgar de Wahl, Mesrop Mashtots, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, and Franz Bopp. After him are August Schleicher, Rasmus Rask, Kūkai, Edward Sapir, Algirdas Julien Greimas, and Patanjali.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Pāṇini ranks 13. Before him are Artemisia I of Caria, Brennus, Ictinus, Cratylus, Cyrus the Younger, and Xerxes II of Persia. After him are Nicias, Sogdianus of Persia, Pleistarchus, Meton of Athens, Brasidas, and Zeuxis. Among people deceased in 460 BC, Pāṇini ranks 1. After him are Meton of Athens, Mnesikles, Ajatashatru, Parrhasius, Hippo, Paeonius, Pharnabazus II, Diagoras of Rhodes, Telesilla, Sophron, and Agatharchus.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Pāṇini ranks 7 out of 217. Before him are Akbar (1542), Shah Jahan (1592), Chanakya (-375), Shehbaz Sharif (1951), Guru Nanak (1469), and Muhammad Iqbal (1877). After him are Bhagat Singh (1907), Benazir Bhutto (1953), Vasubandhu (400), Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910), Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876), and Porus (-400).

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Among LINGUISTS In Pakistan

Among linguists born in Pakistan, Pāṇini ranks 1. 

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