Sanskrit Grammarians - Ancient Sanskrit Grammarians, Medieval Sanskrit Grammarians, Patanjali, Vararuchi, Michael Witzel, P Ini (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Ancient Sanskrit grammarians, Medieval Sanskrit grammarians, Patanjali, Vararuchi, Michael Witzel, P ini, Satya Vrat Shastri, Jiva Goswami, Vagish Shastri, Kum rila Bha a, Bhart hari, Vy kara a, C. Sivarama Murti, Heinrich Roth, Charles Rockwell Lanman, Vibhuti Narayan Singh, William Dwight Whitney, Ma ana Mi ra, Y ska, Horace Hayman Wilson, Bimal Krishna Matilal, Kshetresa Chandra Chattopadhyaya, Jacob Wackernagel, Pingala, V caspati Mi ra, K ty yana, ka yana, Bha oji D k ita, I. C. Chacko, Illiparambil, Prabh kara, Shaunaka, James R. Ballantyne, Manfred Mayrhofer, Varadar ja, Virahanka, Padamanjari, likan tha. Excerpt: Vararuci (also transliterated as Vararuchi) (Devanagari: ) is a name associated with several literary and scientific texts in Sanskrit and also with various legends in several parts of India. This Vararuci is often identified with K ty yana. K ty yana is the author of V rtik s which is an elaboration of certain s tr s (rules or aphosisms) in P ini's much revered treatise on Sanskrit grammar titled A dhy y . K ty yana is believed to have flourished in the third century BCE. However, this identification of Vararuci with K ty yana has not been fully accepted by scholars. Vararuci is believed to be the author of Pr krita Prak a the oldest treatise on the grammar of Pr krit language. Vararuci's name appears in a verse listing the 'nine gems' (navaratnas) in the court of one King Vikrama. Vararuci appears as a prominent character in Kathasaritsagara ("ocean of the streams of stories"), a famous 11th century collection of Indian legends, fairy tales and folk tales as retold by a Saivite Brahmin named Somadeva. Vararuci is the father figure in a legend in Kerala popularly referred to as the legend of the twelve clans born of a pariah woman (Parayi petta panthirukulam). Vararuci of Kerala ...