The Sanskrit terms Plākṣāyaṇa and Plākṣāyana can be transliterated into English as Plaksayana or Plakshayana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Plākṣāyaṇa (प्लाक्षायण).—An ancient Vedic scholar who presumably wrote a work on Vedic grammar (of the type of the Pratisakhya works).For a difference of view he is quoted in the Taittiriya Pratisakhya: cf.न प्लाक्षिप्लाक्षायणयेः (na plākṣiplākṣāyaṇayeḥ) T.Pr. IX.6.

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Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Plākṣāyana (प्लाक्षायन).—A Vaiyākaraṇa (grammarian). His opinion on Visargasandhi (a point in grammar) is described in Taittirīyaprātiśākhya.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Plākṣāyaṇa (प्लाक्षायण) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Quoted in Taittirīyaprātiśākhya 9, 6. 14, 11. 17. 18, 5.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Plākṣāyaṇa (प्लाक्षायण):—[from plakṣa] m. [patronymic] [from] plākṣi, [Taittirīya-prātiśākhya]

[Sanskrit to German]

Plakshayana in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Full-text: Plakshi, Phak.

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