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	The '''Aindra (of Indra) school of Sanskrit grammar''' is one of the ~~eleven~~ [[schools of Sanskrit grammar]] ~~mentioned in Pāṇini's ''[[Ashtadhyayi]]''~~. It is named after Indra ~~in allusion~~ to [[Indra\|Lord Indra]], the king of deities in [[Hindu mythology]]. [[Arthur Coke Burnell]], a renowned [[oriental studies\|orientologist]], in his 1875 book, ''"On the Aindra school of Sanskrit grammars"'' ~~details~~ this school. Burnell believed that most non-Pāṇinian systems of Sanskrit grammar were traceable to this school of grammar, believed to be the oldest and reputed to be founded by Indra himself.		{{Short description\|One of 11 schools of Sanskrit grammar}}

			The '''Aindra(of Indra) school of Sanskrit grammar''' is allegedly one of the ancient [[schools of Sanskrit grammar]]. It is named after Indra as a reference to [[Indra\|Lord Indra]], the king of deities in [[Hindu mythology]]. [[Arthur Coke Burnell]], a renowned [[oriental studies\|orientologist]], in his 1875 book, ''"On the Aindra school of Sanskrit grammars",'' describes this school. Burnell believed that most non-Pāṇinian systems of Sanskrit grammar were traceable to this school of grammar, believed to be the oldest and reputed to be founded by Indra himself.

	==Aindra, Katantra schools and the Tolkappiyam==		==Aindra, Katantra schools and the Tolkappiyam==
	Burnell's search for the Aindra school took him to Southern India where he came across the [[Tamil language\|Tamil]] grammatical work ''[[Tolkappiyam]]''. A preface of this work, written during the twelfth century CE by Ilampuranar describes the work as ''aindiram nirainda Tolkappiyam'' <sup>[incorrect quote]</sup>('comprising Aindra'). ~~This,~~ Burnell posits is an allusion to the pre-Pāṇinian Aindra school of grammar.		Burnell's search for the Aindra school took him to Southern India where he came across the [[Tamil language\|Tamil]] grammatical work ''[[Tolkappiyam]]''. A preface of this work, written during the twelfth century CE by Ilampuranar describes the work as ''aindiram nirainda Tolkappiyam''<sup>[incorrect quote]</sup>('comprising Aindra'). Burnell posits that this is an allusion to the pre-Pāṇinian Aindra school of grammar.

			While his demonstration of the influence of Sanskrit on the Tolkappiyam has met with some approval, his attribution and approximation of all non Pāṇinian schools of Sanskrit grammar with the Aindra school has met with resistance.<ref>[[George Cardona]], ''Pāṇini: a survey of research'' (1998), [[Motilal Banarsidass]], pp 151</ref><ref name="takahashi">[[Takanobu Takahashi]], ''Tamil Love Poetry and Poetics'' (1995) Brill Academic Publishers {{ISBN\|90-04-10042-3}} pp 26</ref> Some scholars have also taken a less committal line on the question of Sanskrit influence itself.<ref>''"...it has been identified that Tolkappiyam and other Sanskrit grammar works share some characteristics, but also show significant dissimilarities..."'' - Rajam, V. S. (1981), A comparative study of two ancient Indian grammatical traditions: The Tamil Tolkappiyam compared with the Sanskrit Rk-pratisakhya, ''Taittiriya-pratisakhya, Apisali siksa, and the Astadhyayi'' (Ph.D. thesis, University of Pennsylvania: 1981)</ref>

			=== Burnell's hypothesis ===
			In his 1875 work ''On the Aindra School of Sanskrit Grammarians'', he proposed a comprehensive, and at the time radical, reconstruction of the Aindra school's historical significance. He argued that the Aindra tradition was the original, primitive system of Indian grammar which predated [[Pāṇini]].<ref name="Burnell1875">{{cite book \|last=Burnell \|first=Arthur Coke \|title=On the Aindra school of Sanskrit Grammarians: their place in the Sanskrit and subordinate literatures \|year=1875 \|publisher=Basel Mission Book and Tract Depository \|location=Mangalore \|url=https://archive.org/stream/onaindraschools00burngoog/onaindraschools00burngoog_djvu.txt}}</ref>

			Burnell's major claims regarding the Aindra school included:
			* '''Pre-Pāṇinian origins''': The Aindra school represented the earliest systematic grammatical thought in India, and the ancient Vedic ''[[Prātiśākhya]]s'' (phonetic manuals used to preserve the pronunciation of the Vedas) were actually products of this school.<ref name="Burnell1875" />
			* '''Contrast with Pāṇini''': Burnell characterized the Aindra system as a "natural" and logically arranged grammar. He drew a sharp contrast between it and Pāṇini's ''[[Aṣṭādhyāyī]]'', which he viewed as an algebraically complex and "artificial" system that eventually usurped the older Aindra tradition in orthodox circles.
			* '''Survival in the ''[[Katantra]]''''': Because no single text explicitly titled "Aindra Grammar" survived, Burnell posited that the ''Kātantra'', a later Sanskrit grammar by Śarvavarman, was not merely a beginner's text but the most complete surviving relic of the ancient Aindra framework.
			* '''Adoption by non-Brahmanical traditions''': As Pāṇini's system dominated orthodox Hinduism, Burnell argued that the older Aindra system became the favored framework for heterodox and non-Sanskritic traditions. He claimed that the Pali ''[[Kaccānabyākaraṇa\|Kaccayana]]'' (the foundational grammar of [[Theravada]] Buddhism), as well as early [[Jain]] and [[Tibetan grammar\|Tibetan grammatical]], were directly modeled on the Aindra school.
			* '''Mythological basis''': He interpreted the Hindu myth of the god [[Brihaspati]] teaching grammar to [[Indra]] as holding historical truth, representing a real, primitive school of linguistic thought associated with an Indra cult that codified Sanskrit long before Pāṇini.

	While his ~~demonstration~~ of ~~the influence of Sanskrit on the Tolkappiyam has met with some approval~~, ~~his attribution and approximation of all non Pāṇinian schools of Sanskrit grammar with~~ the ~~Aindra school has met with resistance.<ref>George Cardona,~~ ''~~Pāṇini: a survey of research~~'' ~~(1998)~~, ~~Motilal Banarsidass Publ.~~, ~~pp 151</ref><ref name="takahashi">Takanobu Takahashi~~, ''~~Tamil Love Poetry and Poetics~~'' ~~(1995) Brill Academic Publishers {{ISBN\|90-04~~-~~10042-3}} pp 26</ref> Some scholars have also taken a less committal line on the question of Sanskrit influence itself~~.<ref>~~''"...it has been identified that Tolkappiyam and other Sanskrit grammar works share some charactersitics, but also show significant dissimilarities..."'' - Rajam, V. S. (1981), A comparative study~~ of ~~two ancient~~ Indian ~~grammatical traditions: The Tamil Tolkappiyam compared with the Sanskrit Rk~~-~~pratisakhya, Taittiriya-pratisakhya, Apisali siksa, and the Astadhyayi'' (Ph.D. thesis, University of Pennsylvania: 1981)~~</ref>		While Burnell's work successfully directed scholarly attention toward pre-Pāṇinian grammatical traditions, modern linguists and Indologists generally view his concept of a single, monolithic Aindra school—responsible for the ''Prātiśākhya''s, Pali grammar, Tibetan texts, and the Tamil ''[[Tolkāppiyam]]''—as a 19th-century oversimplification.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Scharfe \|first=Hartmut \|title=Grammatical Literature \|series=History of Indian Literature \|volume=5 \|year=1977 \|publisher=Otto Harrassowitz \|isbn=978-3447017060 \|pages=124–126}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==
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	* [[Vyakarana]]		* [[Vyakarana]]
	* [[Sanskrit grammar]]		* [[Sanskrit grammar]]
			* [[Katantra]]

	==Notes==		==Notes==
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	==References==		==References==
	* Trautmann, Thomas R. 2006. Languages and nations: the Dravidian proof in colonial Madras. Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 52–54.		* [[Thomas Trautmann\|Trautmann, Thomas R.]] 2006. Languages and nations: the Dravidian proof in colonial Madras. Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 52–54.
	* Burnell, Arthur Coke. 1875. On the Aindra school of Sanscrit Grammarians: their place in the Sanscrit and subordinate literatures.		* Burnell, Arthur Coke. 1875. On the Aindra school of Sanscrit Grammarians: their place in the Sanscrit and subordinate literatures.

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The '''Aindra (of Indra) school of Sanskrit grammar''' is one of the eleven [[schools of Sanskrit grammar]] mentioned in Pāṇini's ''[[Ashtadhyayi]]''. It is named after Indra in allusion to [[Indra|Lord Indra]], the king of deities in [[Hindu mythology]]. [[Arthur Coke Burnell]], a renowned [[oriental studies|orientologist]], in his 1875 book, ''"On the Aindra school of Sanskrit grammars"'' details this school. Burnell believed that most non-Pāṇinian systems of Sanskrit grammar were traceable to this school of grammar, believed to be the oldest and reputed to be founded by Indra himself.

==Aindra, Katantra schools and the Tolkappiyam==
Burnell's search for the Aindra school took him to Southern India where he came across the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] grammatical work ''[[Tolkappiyam]]''. A preface of this work, written during the twelfth century CE by Ilampuranar describes the work as ''aindiram nirainda Tolkappiyam'' <sup>[incorrect quote]</sup>('comprising Aindra'). This, Burnell posits is an allusion to the pre-Pāṇinian Aindra school of grammar.

While his demonstration of the influence of Sanskrit on the Tolkappiyam has met with some approval, his attribution and approximation of all non Pāṇinian schools of Sanskrit grammar with the Aindra school has met with resistance.<ref>George Cardona, ''Pāṇini: a survey of research'' (1998), Motilal Banarsidass Publ., pp 151</ref><ref name="takahashi">Takanobu Takahashi, ''Tamil Love Poetry and Poetics'' (1995) Brill Academic Publishers {{ISBN|90-04-10042-3}} pp 26</ref> Some scholars have also taken a less committal line on the question of Sanskrit influence itself.<ref>''"...it has been identified that Tolkappiyam and other Sanskrit grammar works share some charactersitics, but also show significant dissimilarities..."'' - Rajam, V. S. (1981), A comparative study of two ancient Indian grammatical traditions: The Tamil Tolkappiyam compared with the Sanskrit Rk-pratisakhya, Taittiriya-pratisakhya, Apisali siksa, and the Astadhyayi'' (Ph.D. thesis, University of Pennsylvania: 1981)</ref>

==See also==
* [[Schools of Sanskrit grammar]]
* [[Pāṇini]]
* [[Tolkappiyam]]
* [[Vyakarana]]
* [[Sanskrit grammar]]

==Notes==
{{reflist |2}}

==References==
* Trautmann, Thomas R. 2006. Languages and nations: the Dravidian proof in colonial Madras. Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 52–54.
* Burnell, Arthur Coke. 1875. On the Aindra school of Sanscrit Grammarians: their place in the Sanscrit and subordinate literatures.

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