Balabodhini, Bālabodhinī: 5 definitions

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Balabodhini 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.

In Hinduism

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

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Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Bālabodhinī (बालबोधिनी).—Name of a grammatical work ascribed to Balambhatta of Tanjore.

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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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Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

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Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature

Bālabodhinī (बालबोधिनी) is the name of various commentaries on the Vṛttaratnākara of Kedārabhaṭṭa (C. 950-1050 C.E.), who was a celebrated author in Sanskrit prosody The various authors that produced a work named Bālabodhinī are as follows: 1) Yaśaśkīrti (pupil of Samarakīrti), 2) Raṅganātha. The Vṛttaratnākara is considered as most popular work in Sanskrit prosody, because of its rich and number of commentaries.

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Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Balabodhini in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Bālabodhinī (बालबोधिनी) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[grammatical] Rādh. 9.
—by Jagaddhara, Kātantra [grammatical] Report. Xix. Quoted by Ratnakaṇṭha on Stutikusumāñjali 5, 6.
—by Bālaśāstrin. Burnell. 41^b. Oppert. Ii, 3723. 6588. 8281. 8901.

2) Bālabodhinī (बालबोधिनी):—by Śaṅkarācārya. W. p. 180. Paris. (B 159 b). L. 175. K. 124. B. 4, 70. Burnell. 91^a.
—[commentary] Bālabodhinībhāvaprakāśa by Rāmacandra Sarasvatī. Hall. p. 203. L. 177.

3) Bālabodhinī (बालबोधिनी):—a
—[commentary] on some undefined work, by Rāmānanda. Quoted by him in his
—[commentary] on Kāśīkhaṇḍa 8, 103. 15, 55.

4) Bālabodhinī (बालबोधिनी):—Amarakośaṭīkā by Gosvāmin.

5) Bālabodhinī (बालबोधिनी):—Kumārasambhavaṭīkā by Jinabhadra Sūri.

6) Bālabodhinī (बालबोधिनी):—Gītagovindaṭīkā by Caitanyadāsa.

7) Bālabodhinī (बालबोधिनी):—Jyotiṣaratnamālāṭīkā by Paramakāraṇa.

8) Bālabodhinī (बालबोधिनी):—Tarkabhāṣāṭīkā.

9) Bālabodhinī (बालबोधिनी):—Nalodayaṭīkā by Hariratna.

10) Bālabodhinī (बालबोधिनी):—Bhāsvatīkaraṇaṭīkā by Balabhadra.

11) Bālabodhinī (बालबोधिनी):—Mugdhabodhaṭīkā by Śrīvallabha.

12) Bālabodhinī (बालबोधिनी):—Vākyasudhāṭīkā.

13) Bālabodhinī (बालबोधिनी):—Śrutabodhaṭīkā by Haṃsarāja.

14) Bālabodhinī (बालबोधिनी):—by Śaṅkarācārya. Bl. 6. Io. 2116. Rgb. 615. Stein 121 (Kaivalya 2).

15) Bālabodhinī (बालबोधिनी):—(?) jy. by Raṇāṅghridatta(?). Stein 166. 342 (inc.).

16) Bālabodhinī (बालबोधिनी):—[grammatical] Ulwar 1157 (inc.).

17) Bālabodhinī (बालबोधिनी):—by Śaṅkarācārya. Ak 771. 772. As p. 17. Hz. 1032. C. by Ānandagiri. Hz. 1033 p. 95. C. by Rāmacandra Sarasvatī. As p. 17.

Bālabodhinī has the following synonyms: Ātmajñānopadeśa.

18) Bālabodhinī (बालबोधिनी):—by Śaṅkarācārya. Ak 771. 772.

[Sanskrit to German]

Balabodhini in German

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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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