Varttikakara, Vārttikakāra, Varttika-kara: 5 definitions

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In Hinduism
1. Vyakarana
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1. Sanskrit
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In Hinduism

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Vārttikakāra (वार्त्तिककार).—Believed to be Katyayana to whom the whole bulk of the Varttikas quoted in the Mahabhasya is attributed by later grammarians. Patanjali gives the word वार्तिककार (vārtikakāra) in four places only (in the Mahabhasya on P.I.1.34, III.1.44: III.2.118 and VII.1.1) out of which his statement स्यादिविधिः पुरान्तः यद्यविशेषेण भवति किं वार्तिककारः प्रातिषेधेन करोति (syādividhiḥ purāntaḥ yadyaviśeṣeṇa bhavati kiṃ vārtikakāraḥ prātiṣedhena karoti) in explanation of the Slokavarttika स्यादिविधिः (syādividhiḥ)...इति व्रुवता कात्यायनेनेहृ (iti vruvatā kātyāyanenehṛ), shows that Patanjali gives कात्यायन (kātyāyana) as the Varttikakara (of Varttikas in small prose statements) and the Slokavarttika is not composed by Katyayana. As assertions similar to those made by other writers are quoted with the names of their authors (भारद्वाजीयाः, सौनागाः, कोष्ट्रीयाः (bhāradvājīyāḥ, saunāgāḥ, koṣṭrīyāḥ) etc.) in the Mahabhasya, it is evident that the Varttikas quoted in the Mahabhasya-(even excluding the Slokavarttikas) did not all belong to Katyayana. For details see pp. 193-200, Vol. VII, Vyakarana Mahabhasya, D. E. Society's Edition.

context information

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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vārttikakāra (वार्त्तिककार).—Name of Kātyāyana.

Derivable forms: vārttikakāraḥ (वार्त्तिककारः).

Vārttikakāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vārttika and kāra (कार).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Vārttikakāra (वार्त्तिककार) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—poet. [Sūktikarṇāmṛta by Śrīdharadāsa]

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

1) Vārttikakāra (वार्त्तिककार):—[=vārttika-kāra] [from vārttika > vārtaka] m. ‘composer of Vārttikas’, Name of Kātyāyana, Kumārila etc., [Catalogue(s)]

2) [v.s. ...] of a poet, [ib.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Varttikakara in German

context information

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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