Mandukagati, Maṇḍūkagati, Manduka-gati: 4 definitions

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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

[«previous next»] — Mandukagati in Vyakarana glossary
Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Maṇḍūkagati (मण्डूकगति).—Lit.the gait of a frog; jump; the continuation of a word from a preceding Sūtra to the following Sūtra or Sūtras in the manner of a frog by omitting one or more Sūtras in the middle; the word मण्डूकप्लुति (maṇḍūkapluti) is also used in the same sense especially by later grammarians; cf. अथवा मण्डूकगतयोधिकाराः । यथा मण्डूका उत्प्लुत्योत्प्लुत्य गच्छन्ति तद्वदधिकाराः ॥ (athavā maṇḍūkagatayodhikārāḥ | yathā maṇḍūkā utplutyotplutya gacchanti tadvadadhikārāḥ ||) M. Bh. on P.I.1.3 Vārt.2, II. 3.32, II. 4.34, VI.1.16, VI.3.49,VII. 2.117.

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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.

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[«previous next»] — Mandukagati in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Maṇḍūkagati (मण्डूकगति).—f. 'the leap of a frog', skipping over or omitting at intervals (in grammar the word is used to denote the skipping of several Sūtras and supplying from a previous Sūtra); क्रियाग्रहणं मण्डूकप्लुत्यानुवर्तते (kriyāgrahaṇaṃ maṇḍūkaplutyānuvartate) Sk.

Derivable forms: maṇḍūkagatiḥ (मण्डूकगतिः).

Maṇḍūkagati is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms maṇḍūka and gati (गति). See also (synonyms): maṇḍūkānuvṛtti, maṇḍūkapluti.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Maṇḍūkagati (मण्डूकगति):—[=maṇḍūka-gati] [from maṇḍūka] f. the gait of a frog (-lālasa mfn. ardently desiring the gait of a frog), [Pañcarātra]

2) [v.s. ...] mfn. (in gram.) leaping like a frog id est. skipping several Sūtras, [Patañjali]

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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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