Which ancient Sanskrit grammarian lived during the time of the Nandas?
Paṇini
The question asks which ancient Sanskrit grammarian lived during the period of the Nanda dynasty.
Panini, the great Sanskrit grammarian, is traditionally believed to have lived around the time of the Nandas, in the 4th century BCE.
He composed the Ashtadhyayi, a comprehensive treatise that systematised the rules of Sanskrit grammar.
The Ashtadhyayi is regarded as one of the earliest and most sophisticated works of linguistic analysis in the world.
Kalidasa was a poet and dramatist of the Gupta period, and Aryabhata was a mathematician-astronomer of the same later era, so they are wrong.
Patanjali, author of the Mahabhashya (a commentary on Panini), lived later, around the 2nd century BCE during the Shunga period, so he is also incorrect.
Hence the grammarian who lived during the time of the Nandas was Panini.
Paṇini.
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