Glossary

Term	Note	Where
sūtra	A short rule line. This app shows the source text and does not translate it.	Room
IAST	A Latin transliteration scheme. Here it is script-converted unless a row says otherwise.	Room
Devanāgarī	The script of the source lines in these files.	Room
sthāna	A traditional name for place of articulation. Not charted here. Confirm before relying.	Room
prayatna	A traditional name for articulatory effort. Not charted here. Confirm before relying.	Room
pratyāhāra	In this app, a set computed from a start sound and a marker line.	Room
it marker	The final marker on a line. The builder does not keep it in the set.	Room
ac	The computed set: a i u ṛ ḷ e o ai au.	Room
sandhi	Sound change where pieces meet, per the Wikipedia short description cited here.	Room
set	The sounds a pratyāhāra names in this app's computation.	Room
adhyāya	A chapter. The file numbers them 1 through 8.	Room
pāda	A section of a chapter. Wikipedia's page says four per chapter.	Room
saṃjñā	The file meta's gloss for type letter S. Not a translation of a sūtra.	Room
vidhi	The file meta's gloss for type letter V, and Wikipedia's name for an operational rule.	Room
anuvṛtti	The classroom name for words understood from earlier lines. The file field is anuvritti.	Room
padaccheda	The file's word-split field. Not re-analyzed here.	Room
dhātu	Classroom name for a verb root. No inventory in this app. Confirm before relying.	Room
pada	Classroom name for a finished word.	Room
tiṅ	Classroom name for a set of verb endings. Not quoted from a sūtra here.	Room
sup	Classroom name for a set of nominal endings. Not quoted from a sūtra here.	Room
unmeṣa	The file groups lines into sections numbered on each row. This app does not translate the word.	Room
recension	A version of a text. This file describes its own count and trails off on the other.	Room
approximate	The article's dates are scholarly estimates. This app marks them that way.	Room
diagram	A drawing with a title, a caption, and a source line.	Room
bar	A count from a JSON file, named in the caption.	Room
source	A page that was opened, with the licence written down.	Room
pratyāhāra	A set computed from a start sound and a marker line.	Room
scripted read	Text you read on the page. Not an audio file.	Room
contact form	The link in the disclaimer. Not an email address.	Room
vendor	A library file kept in this repository, with its licence named.	Room
bridge	A learner's analogy, labeled, and not a translation.	Room
optional zip	One archive that repeats the individual files. You can skip it.	Room

Learn it in 5 minutes

A glossary line is the wording used in this app. If it is not a quotation, it is a learner's note.

Sthāna and prayatna are named and then marked as not charted. Confirm before relying on a chart from somewhere else.

The same term can appear on the room that introduced it. This table points back there.

A visual

Pratyāhāra ac. Computed from data/maheshvara.json. ac has 9 sounds. Not a translation.

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Worked example

Look up pratyāhāra

Find the row.
Read the note.
Open the room and compute a set.

Quiz

Is a glossary line always a translation?

Does this app chart sthāna?

What does the table link to?

What should you do with an unsourced definition?

How many Māheśvara lines does the glossary's app use?

Ecosystem

Glossary

glossary — A short note for a term used in these rooms.

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.

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.