Language Variant subtags for Sanskrit

[Peter Scharf]

But how Paninian is Classical Sanskrit?  NO one has yet modelled  
Paninian grammar and validated texts against it in any systematic  
way.  The more generic term makes less of a claim and IS THE TERM IN  
USE.

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On 13 Jul. 2010, at 2:42 PM, John Cowan wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Phillips, Addison  
> <addison at lab126.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm only a slightly leery of a generic-sounding subtag
>> for Classical Sanskrit
>
> Since Classical Skt. is the version codified by Panini's grammar, I  
> propose
> "panini" as the subtag.

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