Question: who wrote a famous treatise on sanskrit grammer
Answer: Pāṇini is known for his text Ashtadhyayi , 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 .