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Padmanabhadatta
Padmanabhadatta was a Sanskrit grammarian. He is a successor to the grammarian Pāṇini, and the author of a Sanskrit grammar text ''Supadmavyākaraṇa''. He is considered the founder of the Supadma School. Life Padmanabhadatta was born in a Brahmin dynasty of Mithila in the 14th century. His father's name was Damodaradatta. Their lineage begins with Vararuchi, who was the king poet of Kalidas along with Vikramaditya. In the year 1427, Padmanabhadatta introduced his lineage in his book ''Prishodaradivritti''. Hara Prasad Shastri has written that Padmanabhadatta was a resident of Bhorgram which was situated a few miles from Darbhanga. Works Padmanabhadatta composed the ''Supadmavyākaraṇa'' around 1375 A.D. ''Supadmavyākaraṇa'' grammar is written in Bengali alphabet, making it accessible to the Bengal provinces by removing the complexity of Sanskrit grammar. The text is based on Pāṇini's '' Ashtadhyayi'', but remodeled and rearranged with explanatory notes. The main ob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vyākaraṇa
''Vyākaraṇa'' (, ) refers to one of the six ancient Vedangas, ancillary science connected with the Vedas, which are scriptures in Hinduism.James Lochtefeld (2002), "Vyakarana" in ''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism'', Vol. 2: N-Z, Rosen Publishing, , page 769 ''Vyākaraṇa'' is the study of grammar and linguistic analysis in Sanskrit language. Pāṇini and Yāska are the two celebrated ancient scholars of Vyākaraṇa; both are dated to several centuries prior to the start of the common era, with Pāṇini likely from the fifth century BCE. Pāṇini's ''Aṣṭādhyāyī'' is the most important surviving text of the Vyākaraṇa traditions. This text, as its very title suggests, consists of eight chapters, each divided into four padas, cumulatively containing 4000 sutras. The text is preceded by abbreviation rules grouping the phonemes of Sanskrit. Pāṇini quotes ten ancient authorities whose texts have not survived, but they are believed to have been Vyākaraṇa sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |