Sūtra NexusAncient rules. Living systems.

Charts

These numbers are counts from the JSON files, not traffic or adoption.

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A bar is a count of rows in a file in this repository. It is not a survey and not a popularity rank.

Chapter bars add up to 3,983. The type-letter bars use the letters stored on each row.

AT and AD stay unexpanded. The file meta glosses S, P, and V only.

A visual

Sūtras in each adhyāya Sūtras in each adhyāya 13512268363146355555673674388369 DisclaimerSūtra Nexus is an independent, free, learning-only student project. It respects everytradition, scholar, publisher, company and vendor. Trademarks, texts and sources belong totheir owners, and nothing here is affiliated with or endorsed by them. If something shouldbe removed or corrected, it will be handled promptly through the contact form. Nothing hereis sold. I am happy to volunteer for any organization.Counted from data/ashtadhyayi.json on 2026-10-16. Total 3,983.
Sūtras in each adhyāya. Counted from data/ashtadhyayi.json on 2026-10-16. Total 3,983.

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Worked example

Check one bar

  1. Open the adhyāya chart.
  2. Add the eight numbers.
  3. The sum is 3,983, the length of data/ashtadhyayi.json.

Quiz

What does a bar count?

What do the eight chapter bars add up to?

Which type letters does the file meta gloss?

Should AT be read as a named rule class here?

Are these charts traffic?

Ecosystem

Glossary

  • bar — A count from a JSON file, named in the caption.

Sister topics

Sister rooms are the chips in the section banner.

Bridges

Learner's note (not a translation): this page explains the app. It does not add a rule of the grammar.

Later hooks

An open meaning, and a human check of the IAST. Confirm before relying.

Sūtras in each adhyāya

Sūtras in each adhyāya

Counted from data/ashtadhyayi.json on 2026-10-16. Total 3,983.

Type letters in the data file

Type letters in the data file

S, P, V, AT, AD are the file's own letters. The meta glosses only S, P, and V. AT and AD are not expanded here.

Lines with an anuvṛtti field

Lines with an anuvṛtti field

3489 of 3,983 rows have a non-empty anuvritti array in the file.

Chapter 1 by pāda

Chapter 1 by pāda

Counted from data/ashtadhyayi.json. Chapter 1 only, four sections. The other chapters are counted on the adhyāya chart.

Kashmir unmeṣa lengths

Kashmir unmeṣa lengths

Counted from the unmesha field in data/shiva_sutras_kashmir.json. The file meta writes 20+10+45. The other recension is not in this file.

Rows that carry a word split

Rows that carry a word split

A non-empty padaccheda field in data/ashtadhyayi.json. The file calls this a word split. It is not an English meaning.

Nothing is uploaded

Nothing is uploaded

Theme, start-path marks, and card timing stay in this browser. The zero bar is the count of uploads. There is no account.

Sources and go deeper

  • ashtadhyayi-com/data README. The raw README says you are free to use the data in your own projects if you give appropriate credit. No SPDX identifier is stated. last checked 2026-10. Licence: credit required, no formal SPDX, confirmed from the raw README.
  • English Wikipedia, Aṣṭādhyāyī. The page says the work has 3,983 sūtras in eight chapters, each subdivided into four pādas, and lists vidhi, paribhāṣā, adhikāra, atideśa, niyama, and negation rules. CC BY-SA. last checked 2026-10. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.