२१२ भारतीय साम्राज्य. [ भाग he reared his enduring frabric. Tle date of Panini has been assigned by his learned editor Bobtlink to about 350.B.C. The grammar of Panini stands supreme among the granimars of the world, alike for its precision of statement, and for its thorough analysis of the roots of the language and of the formative principles of words. By employing on algebraic terminology it attains a sharp succintness unrivalled in brevity, but at times enigmatical. It arranges, in logical harmony, the whole phenomena which the Suskrit language presents, and stands forth as one of the most splendid achievements of human invention and industry." (The Indian Empire. P. P. 100--101.) नाटकें व काव्यें. पाणिनीनंतर आमच्या सर्वमान्य गीर्वाण भाषेस कविरत्नविपाकाचे फल. अलंकृत करणारी, आणि तिजला सर्व जगत्तलावर अत्युच्च स्थानापन्न होण्यास कारणीभूत होणारी, अशीं केवळ आमची कविरत्नेच होत ह्यांनी संकृत भाषा येव- ढ्या थोरवीस आणिली आहे की, तिचा भाग्योदय होऊन आजमित्तीस कमीत कमी हजार पांचरों वर्षे लोटली अस-
