Vasarupanyaya, Vāsarūpanyāya: 1 definition

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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

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Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Vāsarūpanyāya (वासरूपन्याय).—The dictum of applying optionally any two or more krt affixes to a root if they become applicable at one and the same time, only provided that those affixes are not in the topic of स्त्रियाम् (striyām) (P.III.3.94 etc.) and are not the same in appearance such as ण, अ, क (ṇa, a, ka) etc , which are the same viz. अ; cf. वासरूपो (vāsarūpo)Sस्त्रियाम् (striyām) P.III.1.94; cf. also वासरूपन्यायेन ण्बुलपि भाविष्यति (vāsarūpanyāyena ṇbulapi bhāviṣyati) M.Bh. on P.III.2.146 Vart.1;cf.also M.Bh. on P.III.2.150 Vart. 1. The word वासरूप (vāsarūpa) and वासरूपविधि (vāsarūpavidhi) are also used in the same sense; cf. ताच्छीलिका वासरूपेण न भवन्तीति (tācchīlikā vāsarūpeṇa na bhavantīti) M.Bh. on P.III. 2.150 Vart. 2, as also ताच्छीलिकेषु वास-रूपविधिर्नास्ति (tācchīlikeṣu vāsa-rūpavidhirnāsti) Par. Sek. Pari. 67.

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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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