Vedanga · Grammar
Mahabhashya
Patanjali's 'Great Commentary' on Panini and Katyayana, the third pillar of the grammatical tradition and a classic of Sanskrit prose.
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Third, around the second century BCE, came Patanjali the grammarian, whose Mahabhashya , the Great Commentary, is the masterwork of the three.
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