prathame hi vidvāṁso vaiyākaraṇāḥ vyākaraṇa-mūlatvāt sarva-vidyānām |
(Dhvanyāloka of Ānanda-vardhana)
“From the very first, the learned are vaiyākaraṇas (grammarians), since vyākaraṇa (grammar) is the basis of all knowledges.”
tad dvāram apavargasya vāṅ-malānāṁ cikitsitam |
pavitraṁ sarva-vidyānām adhividyaṁ prakāśate ||
(Bhartṛhari’s Vākya-padīya: 1.14)
“This [i.e., vyākaraṇa] door to liberation, treatment for the impurities of speech, and purifier of all knowledges shines over [i.e., casts light on, all types of] knowledge.”
ekaḥ śabdaḥ samyag jñātaḥ śāstrānvitaḥ |
suprayuktaḥ svarge loke kāmadhug bhavati ||
(Mahābhāṣya: 6.1.84; cited in Sāhitya-darpaṇa 1.2)
“[Even] One word fully understood, in conformity to [grammatical] rule, and properly used, becomes a wish-fulfilling cow in Svarga and in this world.”
upāsanīyaṁ yatnena śāstraṁ vyākaraṇaṁ mahat |
pradīpa-bhūtaṁ sarvāsāṁ vidyānāṁ yad avasthitam ||
(Unknown Source)
“The great śāstra of vyākaraṇa, which remains fixed as the lamp of all [other] vidyās, is to be studied with exertion.”
kāṇādaṁ pāṇinīyaṁ ca sarva-śāstropakārakam |
(Unknown source)
“The work of Kaṇāda [i.e., Vaiśeṣika-darśana, or, loosely, logic] and the work of Pāṇini [i.e., vyākaraṇa, or, loosely, grammar] are helpful in all śāstras [i.e., all fields of knowledge].”
na cedānīm ācāryāḥ sūtrāṇi kṛtvā nivartayanti |
(Mahābhāṣya)
“And it is not that in this case the ācāryas make sūtras and then take them back.”
śiṣṭa-prayogo’py anupapannaḥ |
(Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita)
“Even the usage of the learned is [at times] unfounded [i.e., inconsistent or incompatible with grammatical or literary norms].”
vyākaraṇam adhīte veda vā vaiyākaraṇaḥ |
(Siddhānta-kaumudī)
“One who studies or knows vyākaraṇam [lsly., grammar] is [called] a vaiyākaraṇa [lsly., grammarian].”
śabdāḥ anuśiṣyante apaśabdebhyaḥ vivicya bodhyante anena iti śabdānuśāsanam |
(Unknown Source)
“That by which śabdas [i.e., words] are taught, that is, by which they are distinguished from improper śabdas and understood, is [called] śabdānuśāsanam [lit. ‘teaching regarding śabdas’].”
