The Śiva·sūtras, technically akṣara·samāmnāya, variously called माहेश्वरसूत्राणि, प्रत्याहारसूत्राणि, वर्णसमाम्नाय, etc., refer to a set of fourteen aphorisms devised as an arrangement of the sounds of Sanskrit for the purpose
The greatest linguist of antiquity Pāṇini.. was the greatest linguist of antiquity, and deserves to be treated as such.
Shiva Sutras
…of fourteen aphorisms devised as an arrangement of the sounds of Sanskrit for the purposes of grammatical exposition as carried out by the grammarian Pāṇini in the Aṣṭādhyāyī…