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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Kātantravistara (कातन्त्रविस्तर).—A famous work on the Kātantra Grammar written by Vardhamāna: a Jain Scholar of the twelfth century who is believed to be the same as the author of the well-known work Gaṇaratnamahodadhi.

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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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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Kātantravistara (कातन्त्रविस्तर) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—by Vardhamāna. Kh. 68. Ben. 21. 24. Kāṭm. 9. Quoted in Kāvyakāmadhenu Oxf. 175^b.
—[commentary] by Pṛthvīdhara. Lgr. 7. Sb. 448.

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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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