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not only in Sri Lanka but also in other Theravadin societies

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If there is any fear of large numbers it is always comforting to remember that there are really only nine together with nought which stands for nothing

seventeen scholars from all over the world (India

Pancagranthi Vyakarana of Buddhisagarasuri V.S. Ramanan 8 Placing the foundation depositThis is the first compact comprehensive and complete metrical Grammar of Classical Sanskrit, composed by the celebrated Jain Acarya Buddhisagarasuti (981 1025 A. D.). In accordance with the tradition of all the extant systems of Sanskrit Grammar, Buddhisagara has treated in his work all the five aspects, viz., the Dhatupatha, Ganapatha, Unadipatha, Linganugasana, and the main text of the Vyakaranasiatras of which the former five are the auxiliaries,