Gonikaputra, Goṇikāputra: 6 definitions

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In Hinduism

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

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Goṇikāputra (गोणिकापुत्र).—A grammarian whose wiew in connection with the correctness of the expressions नेताश्वस्य स्त्रुघ्नं (netāśvasya strughnaṃ) and नेताश्वस्य स्त्रुघ्नस्य (netāśvasya strughnasya) is given by the Mahabhasyakara in the words 'both expressions are justified' (उभयथा गेणिकापुत्रः (ubhayathā geṇikāputraḥ)). Nagesa has observed that गेोणिकापुत्र (geोṇikāputra) is nobody else but the Mahabhasyakara himself; cf. गोणिकापुत्रः भाष्यकार इत्याहुः । (goṇikāputraḥ bhāṣyakāra ityāhuḥ |) NageSa's Uddyota on Mahabhasyapradipa on P. I. 4.5I.

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar
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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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Kama-shastra (the science of Love-making)

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Goṇikāputra (गोणिकापुत्र) is the name of an author who expounded the Pāradārika section of Bābhravya’s text dealing with Kāma, according to chapter 1 of the Kāmasūtra: a Sanskrit text dealing with eroticism, sexuality and emotional fulfillment in life; being written by Mallanāga Vātsyāyana in the 2nd century A.D. it belongs to the Kāmaśāstra branch of literature which deals with the ancient Indian science of love-making.—Accordingly, “[...] These one hundred and fifty chapters [expounded by Bābhravya] were then put together under seven heads or parts. For example, (5) Pāradārika (wives of other people). This fifth part of this work was separately expounded by Goṇikāputra. [...] Thus the work being written in [seven] parts by different authors was almost unobtainable and moreover as the original work of Bābhravya was difficult to be mastered on account of its length, Vātsyāyana, therefore, composed his work in a small volume as an abstract of the whole of the works of the above named authors”.

Source: archive.org: The Kama sutra of Vatsyayana (Burton)
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Kamashastra (कामशास्त्र, kāmaśāstra) deals with ancient Indian science of love-making, passion, emotions and other related topics dealing with the pleasures of the senses.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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Goṇikāputra (गोणिकापुत्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—On Kāmaśāstra. Mentioned in Pañcasāyaka Bik. 533. Pāradārādhikaraṇa, quoted by Vātsyāyana Oxf. 215^b. 217^a, by Kokkoka Oxf. 218^a. Grammarian, quoted in Mahābhāṣya on P. 1, 4, 51.

Goṇikāputra has the following synonyms: Goṇīputra.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Goṇikāputra (गोणिकापुत्र):—[=goṇikā-putra] [from goṇikā > goṇa] m. Name of the author of a work on the relations towards the wives of others, [Vātsyāyana i, 5, 5 and 35; v, 1, 8; 4, 26 and 33; 6, 48.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

[Sanskrit to German]

Gonikaputra 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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