Tantrapradipa, Tantrapradīpa: 4 definitions

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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

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Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Tantrapradīpa (तन्त्रप्रदीप).—Name of the learned commentary_written by मैत्रेयरक्षित (maitreyarakṣita), a famous Buddhist grammarian of the 12th century A. D. on the काशिकाविवरणपञ्जिका (kāśikāvivaraṇapañjikā) (न्यास (nyāsa)) of Jinendrabuddhi। (|) The work is available at Present only in a manuscript form, and that too in fragments. Many later scholars have copiously quoted from this work. The name of the work viz. तन्त्रप्रदीप (tantrapradīpa) is rarely mentioned; but the name of the author is mentioned as रक्षित, मैत्रेय (rakṣita, maitreya) or even मैत्रेयरक्षित (maitreyarakṣita). Ther are two commentaries on the तन्त्रप्रदीप (tantrapradīpa) named उद्द्योतनप्रभा (uddyotanaprabhā) and आलोक (āloka),

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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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[«previous next»] — Tantrapradipa in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Tantrapradīpa (तन्त्रप्रदीप) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—(q. v.), a
—[commentary] on Jinendra's Kāśikāvivaraṇapañjikā by Maitreyarakṣita. Quoted by Puruṣottama in Jñāpakasamuccaya Oxf. 161^a, by Ujjvaladatta, Rāyamukuṭa, Bhaṭṭoji Oxf. 162^a.

Tantrapradīpa has the following synonyms: Anunyāsa.

2) Tantrapradīpa (तन्त्रप्रदीप):—[tantric] Oudh. Xviii, 86.
—Śāradātilakaṭīkā by Gadādhara. L. 2172.
—Śāradātilakaṭīkā by Lakṣmaṇa Deśika. Oudh. Xvii, 104.

3) Tantrapradīpa (तन्त्रप्रदीप):—a
—[commentary] on Jinendrabuddhi's Kāśikāvṛttipañjikā, by Maitreyarakṣita. L. 2076. See Anunyāsa.
—[commentary] Tantrapradīpoddīpana by Nandanamiśra. L. 2083.

4) Tantrapradīpa (तन्त्रप्रदीप):—[tantric] Mentioned in Āgamatattvavilāsa.

5) Tantrapradīpa (तन्त्रप्रदीप):—by Jagannātha. Hpr. 1, 139.

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

Tantrapradīpa (तन्त्रप्रदीप):—[=tantra-pradīpa] [from tantra > tan] m. Name of a [commentator or commentary] on [Dhātupāṭha]

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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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