With the word 'Ishvara' he composed the scriptures Shankaracharya's philosophy of language as presented in Brahmasutrabhashya 1.3.28
Jonathan R Peterson
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With the word 'Ishvara' he composed the scriptures Shankaracharya's philosophy of language as presented in Brahmasutrabhashya 1.3.28

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Writing in the second century BCE, the eminent South Asian grammarian Patañjali conveys a famous story of Indra's victory over V¿tra due to V¿tra's mispronunciation of the incantation 'herayo herayä'. 3, 4 Commenting on the merits of grammatical study, Patañjali writes: The demons who were pronouncing 'helayo helaya' [instead of 'herayo herayä' (Oh enemies! Oh enemies!)]5 perished. Therefore, improper [words should not be uttered] by a priest. For a mispronounced [word] is an incorrect word. Grammar should be studied so that we will not [utter] mispronounced word [...] Due either to an i...