Bahulaka, Bāhulaka: 5 definitions
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In Hinduism
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammarBāhulaka (बाहुलक).—The application of a grammatical rule as a necessity to arrive at some forms in literature especially in the Vedic Literature as also in the works of standard writers, which cannot be explained easily by the regular application of the stated rules; cf. सुप्तिङुपग्रहलिदनराणां कालहलच्-स्वरकर्तृयङां च । व्यत्ययमिच्छति शास्त्रकृदेषां सोपि च सिध्यति बाहुलकेन (suptiṅupagrahalidanarāṇāṃ kālahalac-svarakartṛyaṅāṃ ca | vyatyayamicchati śāstrakṛdeṣāṃ sopi ca sidhyati bāhulakena) M.Bh. on P. III. 1.85; also cf. बाहुलकं प्रकृतेस्तनुदृष्टेः प्रायसमुच्चयनादपि तेषाम् । कार्यसशेषविधेश्च तदुक्तं नैगमरूढिभवं हि सुसाधु (bāhulakaṃ prakṛtestanudṛṣṭeḥ prāyasamuccayanādapi teṣām | kāryasaśeṣavidheśca taduktaṃ naigamarūḍhibhavaṃ hi susādhu) M.Bh. on P. III.3.1. In many sutras, Panini has put the word बहुलम् (bahulam) to arrive at such forms; e.g see P.II.1.32,57; II.3.62. II.4.39,73,76,84 etc.
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBāhulaka (बाहुलक).—
1) Manifoldness.
2) The diverse or interminable applicability of a rule, of meanings or of forms; a term frequently used in grammar; बाहुलका- च्छन्दसि (bāhulakā- cchandasi).
Derivable forms: bāhulakam (बाहुलकम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Bahulaka (बहुलक):—[from bah] incorrect for bāhulaka q.v.
2) Bāhulaka (बाहुलक):—[from bāhula > bāhu] 2. bāhulaka n. manifoldness, diversity, [Kāraṇḍa-vyūha on Pāṇini 2-1, 32; 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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Ends with: Udbahulaka.
Full-text: Bahula.
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