Below is the story of Two Genius brothers who had untimely disastrous death but gave the world their precious gifts.
Panini was teaching grammar to his pupils in his forest ashram in Taxila, when a roaring lion came bounding up to them. He asked his pupils to listen to the lion's roaring and try to work out its grammatical form. The lion is poised, ready to pounce, the pupils are trembling with fear, and Panini works out the grammatical form of the roar. It is said that even when the lion fell upon him he continued to explain the grammatical form of its roaring. And as the lion devoured him he expounded on the grammatical form of 'The lion kills the man.
Many have questioned the reason for Panini not making good his and his pupils' escape from the lion, People like Panini think that death is certain, whether it comes today or tomorrow. Such people accept death unwaveringly, because it is a certainty.
Panini was the founder of modern grammar, and his theories still hold good today, 2,700 years after his gruesome end.He had one known sibling called Pingala, who happens to be "Father of Binary System " ,brilliant mathematician and a master of prosody. Believe it or not, he was killed by a crocodile while praying Surya !! Scenario of Pingala's death is given like this:
He could perhaps be imagined as reclining on the shores of a sparkling stream near the monasteries of Taxila, humming the opening lines to a hymn in honour of Surya... 'You are without origin, middle or end. I see you with blazing fire coming forth from your mouth, burning this entire universe by your own radiance...' And then snap, the wicked jaws of a Mugger that had waddled out from the water closes upon this great master!
Panini was teaching grammar to his pupils in his forest ashram in Taxila, when a roaring lion came bounding up to them. He asked his pupils to listen to the lion's roaring and try to work out its grammatical form. The lion is poised, ready to pounce, the pupils are trembling with fear, and Panini works out the grammatical form of the roar. It is said that even when the lion fell upon him he continued to explain the grammatical form of its roaring. And as the lion devoured him he expounded on the grammatical form of 'The lion kills the man.
Many have questioned the reason for Panini not making good his and his pupils' escape from the lion, People like Panini think that death is certain, whether it comes today or tomorrow. Such people accept death unwaveringly, because it is a certainty.
Panini was the founder of modern grammar, and his theories still hold good today, 2,700 years after his gruesome end.He had one known sibling called Pingala, who happens to be "Father of Binary System " ,brilliant mathematician and a master of prosody. Believe it or not, he was killed by a crocodile while praying Surya !! Scenario of Pingala's death is given like this:
He could perhaps be imagined as reclining on the shores of a sparkling stream near the monasteries of Taxila, humming the opening lines to a hymn in honour of Surya... 'You are without origin, middle or end. I see you with blazing fire coming forth from your mouth, burning this entire universe by your own radiance...' And then snap, the wicked jaws of a Mugger that had waddled out from the water closes upon this great master!
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