Niruktabhashya, Niruktabhāṣya, Nirukta-bhashya: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Niruktabhāṣya can be transliterated into English as Niruktabhasya or Niruktabhashya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammarNiruktabhāṣya (निरुक्तभाष्य).—A gloss on Yaska's Nirukta written by a modern scholar of grammar named Ugracarya in the eighteenth century A. D.
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.
India history and geography
Source: Shodhganga: Technical study of the dictionaries published in Sanskrit language since 1800 AD1) Niruktabhāṣya (निरुक्तभाष्य) is a commentary on Yāskas Nirukta by Durga (earlier than 14th C.A.D.), who is supposed to be the last commentator on the Nirukta. The commentary is considered to be an important one. Durga comments on each and every word dealt by Yaska, as if the work is a total reproduction of Nirukta.
2) Niruktabhāṣya (निरुक्तभाष्य) is another commentary on the Nirukta by Skandasvamin and Mahesvara (between A.D. 1060-1350). It has several names like niruktabhasyatika, niruktavrtti, niruktatika, vivaranasamuccaya, niruktavivaranasamuccaya, niruktavivaranabhasya and niruktabhasyavivarana.
Kosha (कोश, kośa) refers to Sanskrit lexicons intended to provide additional information regarding technical terms used in religion, philosophy and the various sciences (shastra). The oldest extant thesaurus (kosha) dates to the 4th century AD.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryNiruktabhāṣya (निरुक्तभाष्य):—[=nir-ukta-bhāṣya] [from nir-ukta] n. Name of Comm. ([probably] = -vṛtti).
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: Nirukta, Bhashya.
Full-text: Durga jambumargashramanivasin, Skandasvamin, Ugra, Ugrabhuti.
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