To bring out a critical edition of a text entitled Kasikavrtti written in the 7th century CE. This is a commentary on the celebrated Sanskrit grammar of Panini. Kasikavrtti is the oldest complete commentary on the grammar of Panini. We prepare the edition based on more than 200 manuscript evidences of this text written in more than 8 Indian scripts like grantha, sharada, nigari, etc., and found in the entire Indian subcontinent as well as outside (like US, UK, Germany, France, etc.)

This project was carried out in collaboration with the University of Cambridge, UK. It was also given an award of 30K GBP by British Academy, UK. In carrying out this project we used collation software as well as phylogenetic software to establish interrelation between manuscript evidences.