Simhavalokitanyaya, Siṃhāvalokitanyāya: 1 definition

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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

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Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Siṃhāvalokitanyāya (सिंहावलोकितन्याय).—The analogy of the backward look peculiar to a lion, who, as he advances, does always look back at the ground covered. The word is used in grammar with reference to a word taken back from a rule to the preceding rule which technically is called अपकर्ष (apakarṣa); cf. वक्ष्यमाणं विभाषाग्रहणमिह सिंहावलो-कितन्यायेन संबध्यते (vakṣyamāṇaṃ vibhāṣāgrahaṇamiha siṃhāvalo-kitanyāyena saṃbadhyate) Kas. on P.III.3.49.

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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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