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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Kuṇaravāḍava (कुणरवाडव).—Name of an ancient granmarian who lived possibly after Pāṇini and before Patañjali and who is referred to in the Mahābhāṣya as giving an alternative forms for the standard form of certain words; cf. कुणरवाडवस्त्वाह नैषां शंकरा शंगरैषा (kuṇaravāḍavastvāha naiṣāṃ śaṃkarā śaṃgaraiṣā) M.Bh. on III.2.14; cf also कुणरवस्त्वाह नैष वहीनरः । कस्तर्हि । विहीनर एषः (kuṇaravastvāha naiṣa vahīnaraḥ | kastarhi | vihīnara eṣaḥ) M. Bh. on VII.3.1.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Kuṇaravāḍava (कुणरवाडव):—[=kuṇara-vāḍava] m. Name of a grammarian, [Pāṇini 3-2, 14 and vii, 3, 1; Patañjali]

[Sanskrit to German]

Kunaravadava 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kunara, Vadava.

Full-text: Vadava, Samgara.

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