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io i. This work possibly was not
a grammar work and its author also
was not the same as the Varttikakara
K atjayan a. See above.
The name WR^szn^n was given
possibly to Katyayana’s Prakrt
Grammar, the author of which was
surnamed Katyayana. For
details see p. 395 Vyakarana Mahabhasya
Vol. VII. D. E. Society’s
Edition.
an ancient grammar-work
in verse believed to have been
written by an ancient scholar of
grammar, who, if not the same as
Katyayana who wrote the Varttikas,
was his contemporary and to whom
the authorship of the Unadi Sutras
is ascribed by some scholars. See
a grammar work of twenty-
five verses on case-constrnction,
compounds, verbs and nominal formation
fathered on Vararuci K atyayana.
3TH of no use; serving no purpose;
the word is possibly derived from
sffirf ( atW ffi) meaning people’s
gossip ; cf. tRM M. Bh. on P. I.
2.64 Vart. 25 ; also on P. II. 2.24,
II. 4.13 etc.
349
an ancient grammarian who
held the view that the intended
sense in the case of a sentence, has
a stable and real existence and the
division of a sentence into several
words, put into four categories, is all
im aginary; he is referred to by
with sfigwRMui who is mention­
ed by qua; ( I.I-2. )
a statement which is as much
authoritative as the original statement
to which it is given as an addition
for purposes of correction,
completion or explanation. The
word is defined by old writers in an
often-quoted verse
f e n m J R it 1 # spsj *rri%£
11 This definition fully applies
to the Varttikas on the Sutras of
Panini. The word is explained by
Kaiyata as f^r gTg ^1%?^ which
gives strength to the supposition
that there were glosses on the Sutras
of Pacini of which the Varttikas
formed a faithful pithy summary of
the topics discussed. The word
Varttika is used in the Mahabhasya
at two places only
3!l%%Tfir flficf: M.Bh. on P. III. 4.37
Vart. 3. and3Prc3n?35if&s?f?rM.Bb.
on P. II. 2.24 Vart. 18. In sure ans-
351% ; ?fef the word is contrasted with
the word ffto a which means the
original Sutra (of Panini) which has
been actually quoted, viz. ^ w n 55!-
qiBSlo II. 2.25. NageSa gives * ^
as the
definition of a Varttika which refers
only to two out of the three features
of the Varttikas stated above. If the
word 3fgr has been omitted with a
purpose by NageSa, the definition
may well-nigh lead to support the
view that the genuine Varttikapafha
of Katyayana consisted of a smaller
number of Varttikas which along
with a large number of Varttikas
of other writers are quoted in the
Mahabha§ya, without specific names
of writers. For details see pages
193-223 Vol. V II Patanjala Mahabhasya,
D. E. Society’s Edition.
believed to be Katyayana
to whom the whole bulk of the
Varttikas quoted in theJMahabhasya
is attributed by later grammarians.
Patanjali gives the word mfrHfSK in
four places only (in the Mahabhasya
on P . 1. 1.34, H I. 1.44, III. 2.118 and
VII. i . i ) out of which his statement