who is known as the father of sanskrit grammar
Pāṇini Panini (IAST Pāṇini, fl. 4th century BCE[1][2]) is the name of an ancient Sanskrit philologist, grammarian, and a revered scholar in Hinduism.[2][5][6] Considered the father of Indian linguistics,[7] Pāṇini likely lived in the northwest Indian subcontinent during the early Mahajanapada era.[3]