Ashtadhyayi is a very ancient text of Sanskrit grammar composed by Maharishi Panini. It has eight chapters, Each chapter has four padas, Each pada has sutras from 38 to 220. Thus Ashtadhyayi has eight chapters, thirty two padas and altogether there are about 4000 sutras.

Laghu Siddhanta Kaumudi is the introduction to the Panini Ashtadhyayi. In Laghukaumudi, only 1272 Sutras of Panini are explained with examples for the sake of conciseness. In this book, the Sutras of Laghu Siddhanta Kaumudi are arranged in the order of Ashtadhyayi, so that the sutras related to the same subject remain together.