The Sanskrit term Śaityāyana can be transliterated into English as Saityayana or Shaityayana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Śaityāyana (शैत्यायन).—An ancient Grammarian and Vedic scholar who is quoted in the Taittiriya Pratisakhya for recommending a sharp and distinct nasalisation of the anusvara and the fifth class-consonants; cf. तत्रितरमानुनासिक्यमनुस्वारोत्तमेषु इति शैत्यायनः (tatritaramānunāsikyamanusvārottameṣu iti śaityāyanaḥ) T. Pr. XVII. 1.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Śaityāyana (शैत्यायन) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—grammarian. Quoted in Taittirīyaprātiśākhya 5, 40. 17, 1. 7. 18, 2.

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

Śaityāyana (शैत्यायन):—[from śaitya] m. Name of a grammarian, [Taittirīya-prātiśākhya]

[Sanskrit to German]

Shaityayana 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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