Unadipratipadika, Uṇādiprātipadika: 1 definition

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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

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Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Uṇādiprātipadika (उणादिप्रातिपदिक).—Word form or crude base, ending with an affix of the uṇ class, which is looked upon as practically underived, the affixes un and others not being looked upon as standard affixes applied with regular meanings attached to them and capable of causing operations to the preceding base as prescribed by rules of grammar; cf. उणादयो (uṇādayo)S व्युत्पन्नानि प्रातिपदिकानि । व्युत्पन्नानीति शाक-टायनरीत्या । पाणिनेस्त्वव्युत्पत्तिपक्ष एवेति शब्देन्दु-शेखरे निरूपितम् (vyutpannāni prātipadikāni | vyutpannānīti śāka-ṭāyanarītyā | pāṇinestvavyutpattipakṣa eveti śabdendu-śekhare nirūpitam). Pari. Śek. on Paribhāṣa 22.

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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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