The Academy of Yoga and Oriental Studies (AYOS) organised a lecture on “The Muni Traya” here on Sunday with Dr Narayana Prasad Dash, Reader, Swami Vivekananda Memorial (Autonomous) College, Jagatsinghpur, as the speaker of the topic. The meeting was presided over by senior journalist Sugyan Choudhury. Dr Ajit Kumar Naik, Assistant Professor, OUAT, welcomed the guests and the audience.
Dr Dash in his speech said Panini, Katyayana and Patanjali are the famous figures of Sanskrit grammar and known as the Muni Traya or Trimuni. Panini, the great grammarian authored the famous Astadhyayi, which is known so because it is divided into eight chapters.
Katyayana wrote the famous Vartika on Panini’s work to further supplement the great text. Patanjali wrote the great commentary, gloriously known as Mahabhasya on the work of Panini.
The stature that Sanskrit has maintained through the ages is due to the Muni Traya. Sanskrit has maintained its chastity because of its great, powerful grammar. The language would have been distorted and decayed with the passage of time without the presence of the strong grammar established by the three sages, Dr Dash stated.
Sugyan Choudhury said the grand structure of Sanskrit grammar was erected by the triad of Munis. The language is intact in spite of the adverse situations it has faced thorough the millennia. “It is our proud privilege that Sankrit has been unanimously accepted by the world linguists and computer experts as the most appropriate language for computer,” he noted.
There was a question-answer session after the lecture in which many scholars participated and expressed their views.
AYOS director Dr Indulata Das elaborately spoke about the glory of Sanskrit and Sanskrit grammar and Sanskrit’s computer-friendliness.