Bhashyakara, Bhāṣyakāra, Bhāṣyakara, Bhashya-kara: 13 definitions
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Bhashyakara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.
The Sanskrit terms Bhāṣyakāra and Bhāṣyakara can be transliterated into English as Bhasyakara or Bhashyakara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammarBhāṣyakāra (भाष्यकार).—Patañjali, the author of the Pātañjala Mahābhāṣya; the term, in this sense, frequently occurs in works on Grammar. See भाष्य (bhāṣya).
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
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarybhāṣyakāra (भाष्यकार).—m S A commentator; esp. an expounder of technical texts or aphorisms.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishbhāṣyakāra (भाष्यकार).—m A commentator.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBhāṣyakara (भाष्यकर) or Bhāṣyakāra (भाष्यकार).—m.
1) commentator, scholiast.
2) Name of Patañjali.
Derivable forms: bhāṣyakaraḥ (भाष्यकरः), bhāṣyakāraḥ (भाष्यकारः).
Bhāṣyakara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhāṣya and kara (कर). See also (synonyms): bhāṣyakṛt.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhāṣyakara (भाष्यकर).—m.
(-raḥ) A commentator or expounder of technical texts or aphorisms; commonly applied as an epithet of Patanjali, the author of the Mahabhashya or commentary on the annotations of Katyayana. on Panini'S grammatical aphorisms. E. bhāṣya as above, and kāra who makes; also with kṛt, bhāṣyakṛt the same.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhāṣyakāra (भाष्यकार).—[masculine] the writer of a commentary, [Epithet] of PataJjali.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Bhāṣyakāra (भाष्यकार) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—i. e. Patañjali. Oxf. 113^b.
—Nātha. Oxf. 126^a.
—Śaṅkarācārya. Oxf. 252^a.
2) Bhāṣyakāra (भाष्यकार):—poet. [Sūktikarṇāmṛta by Śrīdharadāsa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhāṣyakāra (भाष्यकार):—[=bhāṣya-kāra] [from bhāṣya > bhāṣ] m. Name of various commentators (of Patañjali, Śaṃkarācārya, a poet etc.), [Pāṇini], [vArttika], [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā-prātiśākhya [Scholiast or Commentator]; Catalogue(s)]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhāṣyakara (भाष्यकर):—[bhāṣya-kara] (raḥ) 1. m. Expounder of technical texts or rules.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusBhāṣyakāra (ಭಾಷ್ಯಕಾರ):—[noun] a man who writes a detailed explanatory work or commentary on a literary work (esp. the religious ones as Veda, Upanishads, technical treatises, etc.); a commentator.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryBhāṣyakāra (भाष्यकार):—n. commentator; interpreter; annotator;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Bhashya, Kara.
Starts with: Bhashyakaraprapatti, Bhashyakarastotra.
Ends with: Kandalibhashyakara, Mahabhashyakara, Nyayabhashyakara, Vedabhashyakara.
Full-text: Bhashyakarastotra, Bhashyakaraprapatti, Vedabhashyakara, Mahabhashyakara, Bhashyakrit, Brahmamimamsa, Sutrakara, Sutrapatha, Anukrama, Gonikaputra, Vakyakara, Ushmapa, Prayashcitta, Bhara, Samarpana, Bharasamarpana, Hu, Avagraha, Shakta, Dhatu.
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