The volume presents three commentaries of Bhattoji Dikshita (seventeenth century) on the sutra 1.3.67 of the Ashtadhyayi of Panini, which is also called the Gajasutra—after the elephants that feature often in the examples. It comes in an attempt to offer a glimpse into early modern commentaries in the field of ancient Indian vyakarana or grammar. The commentaries presented here are unique in some ways: the analysis and interpretation by Bhattoji take into consideration previous scholarship on the sutra. They have a method and style that are emblematic of the style of early modern Sanskrit intellectuals. The text of the three commentaries, Siddhantakaumudi, Praudhamanorama and Shabdakaustubha, are presented here along with their English translations supported by relevant notes.
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