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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

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Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Dhātvarthe (धात्वर्थे).—lit. meaning of a root, the verbal activity, named क्रिया (kriyā) or भावः (bhāvaḥ) . cf. धात्वर्थः क्रिया (dhātvarthaḥ kriyā); M. Bh. on III.2. 84, III.2.115. The verbal activity is described generally to be made up of a series of continuous subordinate activities carried on by the different karakas or agents and instruments of verbal activity helping the process of the main activity. When the process of the verbal activity is complete, the completed activity is looked upon as a substantive or dravya and a word denoting it, such as पाक (pāka),or याग (yāga) does not get conjugational affixes, but it is regularly declined like a noun.Just as स्वार्थ, द्रब्य, लिङ्ग, संख्या (svārtha, drabya, liṅga, saṃkhyā), and कारक (kāraka) are given as प्रातिपदिकार्थ (prātipadikārtha), in the same manner क्रिया, काल, पुरुष, वचन (kriyā, kāla, puruṣa, vacana) or संख्या (saṃkhyā), and कारक (kāraka) are given as धात्वर्थ (dhātvartha), as they are shown by a verbal form, although strictly speaking verbal activity (क्रिय (kriya)orभाव (bhāva)) alone is the sense of a root, as stated in the Mahbhasya. For details see Vaiyak.Bh.Sara, where it is said that fruit (फल (phala)) and effort (ब्यापार (byāpāra)) are expressed by a root, cf. फलव्यापारयोर्धातुः (phalavyāpārayordhātuḥ). The five senses given above are in fact conveyed not by a root, but by a verb or आख्यात (ākhyāta) or तिडन्त (tiḍanta).

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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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