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This list has many names, including akarasammnya, meaning "list of sounds." But after
Panini's rules became
the norm for all of Sanskrit, his work was soon seen as a holy and sacred part of Vedic study.
Some even said that
the inspiration for this list came from the beat of Shiva's drum. For that reason, these rules are
popularly called the
Shiva Sutras (or, more correctly, the ivastri ). We cannot define every group of letters
with these sutras, but we
can define the most important ones.
Q2. The classification of the alphabet - the method of articulation.