dictionary of sanskrit grammar

^ a Vikarana affix of the aorist substituted
for fes after roots ending
in the causal sign K as also alter
the roots fii, 3" and others ; this ^
* ,
causes reduplication of the preceding
root foirri; cf. P. III. 1.4S-50.
e.g. siftifSr^; cf. also P.
VII. 4.93.
a grammarian who has written
a work on the topic of the five
vrttis. The work is named
a short treatise written by ^g-
dealing with the topic of the
five compact expressions or Vrctis
viz. fSt., dter, and
53lf?rar or a scholar of grammar
who has written an independent
work- on Sanskrit Vyakarana
called The
treatise is also known: as or
151
the indeclinable ^ ( with m as a
mute letter added to it which of
course disappears) possessing the
sense of %g, or condition, e.g. sjq =3
cf. Ka§. on P. VIII: 1.30.
tad. affix in the sense of
( known by ) applied to a word
which refers to that thing by which j
a person is known, e.g. j
cf. P. V. 2.26.
writer of a Prakrta gram- ;
mar. He was known also as ^ and '
hence identified by some with ,
Candragomin. j
(1) a term used by ancient grammarians
for the fourth consonants
which are sonant aspirates, termed
,?i^ by Panini; cf. R. Pr. IV. 2. T.
Pr. I. 18, V. Pr. 1.54. R. T. 176.
(2 ) a musical note in Sama singing.
^rgsff a term used by ancient gram- ;
. marians for the dative case ; cf. sat I
Nir. I. 9,3. 5
the tatpurusa compound
with the first word in the dative
case in its dissolution ; cf.
M. Bh.
on II. 1.36.
consisting of four matras or
inoras, a short vowel consisting of
one matia, a long vowel of two
matras, and a protracted vowel of
three rnatras; cf. STRrfeflmmgnteTtflf
ftn'Wggjiiwr sn^ir jo 1
M. Bh. on Siva sutra, 3.4.
^ 3 ^ a group of four; the word denotes
the four kinds of words jjih,
and raTO which are
mentioned by ancient grammarians,
cp. ^ ^355
qtqw ri I. 1.2 ); cp. also Vak.
pad. 11. 343.
a famous Buddhist Sanskrit
grammarian whose grammar existing
in the Tibetan script, is now
available in the Roman and Deva-
r-.agaii script. The work consists of
six chapters or Adhj ayas in which
no technical terms or samjnas like
§ are found. There is no section
on Vedic Grammar and accents.
The work is based on Panini's grammar
and is believed to have been
written by Candra or Candragomin
in the 5th century A.D. Bhartrhari
in his Vakyapadlya refers to him;
cf. b *rprracf s*r.
Vakyapadlya II. 489. A summary
of the work is found in the Agni-
purana, ch. 248-258.
called also 555^ a well-known
commentary on Nagesa’s Laghu-
sabdendusekhara by Bhairavamisra
who lived in the latter, half of the
18th century and the first half of
the nineteenth century.
f\ r\r-
a Jain grammarian- of the
twelfth century A.D. who has
written a commentary named Subo-
dhinl on the Sarasvata Vyakarana.