 Pāṇini

Pāṇini is known for his text "Aṣṭādhyāyī", a sutra-style treatise on Sanskrit grammar, 3,959 "verses" or rules on linguistics, syntax and semantics in "eight chapters" which is the foundational text of the "Vyākaraṇa" branch of the Vedanga, the auxiliary scholarly disciplines of the Vedic period.His aphoristic text attracted numerous "bhashya" (commentaries), of which Patanjali's "Mahābhāṣya" is the most famous in Hindu traditions.