Vajapyayana, Vājapyāyana: 4 definitions
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Vajapyayana 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 grammarVājapyāyana (वाजप्यायन).—An ancient grammarian who holds the view that words denote always the jati i.e they always convey the generic sense and that the individual object or the case is understood in connection with the statement or the word,as a natural course, when the purpose is not served by taking the generic sense; cf. आकृत्यभिधानाद्वा एकं शब्दं विभक्तौ वाजप्यायन आचार्यो न्याय्यं मन्यते (ākṛtyabhidhānādvā ekaṃ śabdaṃ vibhaktau vājapyāyana ācāryo nyāyyaṃ manyate) M. Bh. on P. I.2.64 Vart. 35.
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 CatalogorumVājapyāyana (वाजप्यायन) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—an ancient teacher. Quoted in Vārttika 35 to P. 1, 2, 64, in Sarvadarśanasaṃgraha Oxf. 247^b.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVājapyāyana (वाजप्यायन):—[from vāja] m. [patronymic] of a teacher, [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]
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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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Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 2.153-154 < [Book 2 - Vākya-kāṇḍa]
Verse 3.2.1 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (2): Dravya-samuddeśa (On Substance)]
Verse 3.1.2 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (1): Jāti-samuddeśa (On the Universal)]
Vakyapadiya (study of the concept of Sentence) (by Sarath P. Nath)
4.1 (a): Abhihitānvaya theory of Sentence-Meaning < [Chapter 2 - Perspectives on the Concept of Sentence]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 6 - Yoga and Patañjali < [Chapter VII - The Kapila and the Pātañjala Sāṃkhya (yoga)]
The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha (by E. B. Cowell)