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LINGUIST

Pāṇini

500 BC - Today

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Pāṇini (Sanskrit: पाणिनि, pronounced [paːɳin̪i]) was a logician, Sanskrit philologist, grammarian, and revered scholar in ancient India, variously dated between the 6th and 4th century BCE.Since the discovery and publication of his work Aṣṭādhyāyī by European scholars in the nineteenth century, 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 1,655,451 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Pāṇini is the 9th most popular linguist (up from 15th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Pakistan (up from 10th 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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  • 1.7M

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  • 66.12

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  • 64

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  • 4.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Pāṇini ranks 9 out of 161Before him are Max Müller, William James Sidis, Roman Jakobson, Mahmud al-Kashgari, Mesrop Mashtots, and Patanjali. After him are Franz Bopp, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Edward Sapir, August Schleicher, Georges Dumézil, and Algirdas Julien Greimas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Pāṇini ranks 13Before him are Artemisia I of Caria, Brennus, Cyrus the Younger, Ictinus, Cratylus, and Xerxes II of Persia. After him are Pleistarchus, Zeuxis, Ajatashatru, Nicias, Meton of Athens, and Brasidas.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Pāṇini ranks 5 out of 180Before him are Akbar (1542), Shah Jahan (1592), Chanakya (-375), and Guru Nanak (1469). After him are Muhammad Iqbal (1877), Benazir Bhutto (1953), Bhagat Singh (1907), Kanishka (78), Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910), Vasubandhu (400), and Porus (-400).

Among LINGUISTS In Pakistan

Among linguists born in Pakistan, Pāṇini ranks 1