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{{Short description|Grammar book by A. R. Raja Raja Varma}}
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| name = Keralapanineeyam
| title_orig = കേരളപാണിനീയം
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| author = [[A. R. Raja Raja Varma]]
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| country = [[India]] {{flagicon|India}}
| language = [[Malayalam]]
| genre = Grammar
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| release_date = 1896
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| isbn = 978-8171306725
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| native_wikisource=കേരളപാണിനീയം
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'''Keralapanineeyam''' (or '''Kerala Panineeyam''', '''Keralapaniniyam''') is a [[treatise]] on [[Malayalam]] [[grammar]] and [[rhetoric]], written by [[A. R. Raja Raja Varma]], [[grammar]]ian, litterateur and one of the pioneers of Malayalam Language studies. The book was first published in 1896 and earned its author the sobriquet, ''Kerala Panini'', after the [[Sanskrit]] grammarian, [[Pāṇini|Panini]]. It is considered to be an epoch making work on the growth and structure of Malayalam language.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralahistory.ac.in/literaryadition.htm |title=www.keralahistory.ac.in |access-date=30 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100801012522/http://www.keralahistory.ac.in/literaryadition.htm |archive-date=1 August 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[File:A.R. Raja Raja Varma.jpg|150px|right]]

''Keralapanineeyam'' consists of 8 sections and their subsections:
* Peedika – History of the Malayalam language, alphabets and language evolution.
* Sandhiprakaram – defines sentences and compound words
* Namadhikaram – discusses grammatical gender, countability, words formed by joining two or more words, adjectives, adverbs, formation of new words denoting a set of words
* Dhathwadhikaram – describes imperative sentences, active / passive sentences, prefix words (khiladathu), suffixes, affirmative/negative usages, complex and compound sentences
* Bhedhakadhikaram – further description of adjectives
* Nipathavyayadhikaram - describes words with multiple meanings/usages
* Akamshadhikaram – describes linking words
* Shabhdolpathi – essay on word formation and evolutions.

''Keralapanineeyam'' was one of the first scientific descriptions of Malayalam grammar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.veethi.com/articles/thampuran-of-malayalam-language-article-2607.htm|title = Thampuran of Malayalam Language}}</ref> A.R. Raja Raja Varma complemented the treatise with subsequent works such as ''Bhashabhooshanam'' and ''Vritha Manjari''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.india9.com/i9show/A-R-Rajaraja-Varma-26811.htm|title=A R Rajaraja Varma in India}}</ref>

In 2017, on the 100th anniversary of its first publication, the digitised version of ''Keralapanineeyam'' was released by Sayahna Foundation under Creative Commons ShareAlike License.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.asianetnews.com/magazine/kerala-panineeyam-digital|title = ലോകോത്തര ടൈപ്പ് സെറ്റിംഗ് സാങ്കേതിക വിദ്യയുടെ കരുത്തില്‍ കേരള പാണിനീയം ഡിജിറ്റലാവുന്നു}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* http://central.tnopac.gov.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detailprint.pl?biblionumber=149480 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408230107/http://central.tnopac.gov.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detailprint.pl?biblionumber=149480 |date=8 April 2014 }}
* http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/a-royal-who-spoke-commoners-tongue/article4439819.ece
* http://www.veethi.com/articles/thampuran-of-malayalam-language-article-2607.htm
* http://books.sayahna.org/ml/pdf/keralapanineeyam.pdf

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