Salatura
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Number of Union councils | 2 |
Śalātura was the birthplace of
According to the CE 646 book
Within the city of F'o (or Sha)-lo-tu-lo was a tope where an arhat had converted a disciple of Panini. Five hundred years after the Buddha's decease a great arhat from Kashmir in his travels as an apostle arrived at this place. Here he saw a brahmin teacher chastising a young pupil : in reply to the arhat's question the teacher said he beat the boy for not making progress in etymology. The arhat smiled pleasantly and in explanation said — You must have heard of the treatise on Etymology made by the rishi Panini and given by him to the world for its instruction. The brahmin replied— "He was a native of this city; his disciples admire his excellences, and his image is still here". To this the arhat answered — This boy of yours is that rishi. He added that in his previous existence Panini had devoted all his energies to worldly learning but that from some good Karma he was now the teacher's son.
Panini describes in great detail the local accents used for the names of wells north and south of
Prof.
Region
The region is well known for ancient remains. The Bakhshali manuscript was found in nearby Bakhshali which is 23 miles.[11] The route passes through Shahbaz Garhi which has an Ashokan inscription.
Nearby was the Udhabandhapur or Waihind, the
The language Panini has described came to be regarded as the standard Sanskrit, Panini himself did not use the term. The
According to the scholars, Panini was primarily concerned with the north-western dialect of Sanskrit spoken during his period and secondarily with the Vedic language, he did mention other dialects which were spoken in the neighboring regions.
See also
References
- ^ Grammatical Literature, History of Indian literature, Volume 2; Volume 5 of Scientific and technical literature : Pt. 2.; Fasc. 2, Hartmut Scharfe, Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 1977 p. 88
- ISBN 9788176255370.
- ISBN 9781438228204.
- ^ Sometimes referred to as Chota Lahore to distinguish it from Lahore
- ^ ISBN 978-3-447-01706-0.
- ISBN 978-81-7488-168-7
- ^ Mishra, Giridhar (1981). "प्रस्तावना" [Introduction]. अध्यात्मरामायणेऽपाणिनीयप्रयोगाणां विमर्शः [Deliberation on non-Paninian usages in the Adhyatma Ramayana] (in Sanskrit). Varanasi, India: Sampurnanand Sanskrit University. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ On Yuan Chwang's travels in India, 629–645 A.D., Watters, Thomas, London, Royal Asiatic Society p. 222
- JSTOR 44144820.
- ^ [Panini, Saroja Bhate, Sahitya Akademi, 202, p. 4]
- ^ Map Route from Bakhshali to Salatur
- ^ Map route
- ^ Saroja Bhate, Panini, p. 49