Dhatupradipa, Dhātupradīpa: 5 definitions
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Dhatupradipa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammarDhātupradīpa (धातुप्रदीप).—A work dealing with verbal forms written by Maitreya Raksita, a Buddhist writer and a famous grammarian belonging to the eastern part of India who lived in the middle of the twelfth century. He is believed to have written many scholarly works in connection with Panini's grammar out of which the Tantrapradipa is the most important one. The work Dhatupradipa is quoted by Saranadeva, who was a contemporary of Maitreya Raksita, in his Durghatavrtti on P. II. 4. 52.
Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumDhātupradīpa (धातुप्रदीप) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—a
—[commentary] on the Dhātupāṭha, by Maitreyarakṣita, who follows Bhīmasena. Io. 434. 649. Quoted by Sāyaṇa, Ujjvaladatta, Rāyamukuṭa.
—[commentary] Quoted by Ujjvaladatta.
Dhātupradīpa (धातुप्रदीप):—[=dhātu-pradīpa] [from dhātu > dhā] m. Name of [work]
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Dhatu, Pradipa.
Full-text: Trisutri, Rupaprakasha, Maitreyarakshita, Pradipa, Bhima, Pancopakhyana, Pancatantra, Dhatupatha.
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