vyakarana

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noun

The grammar or linguistic analysis of Vedic Sanskrit, as the language of the Hindu scriptures.

OriginSanskrit व्याकरण →
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Meanings

nounvyakarana (uncountable)
  1. HinduismuncountableThe grammar or linguistic analysis of Vedic Sanskrit, as the language of the Hindu scriptures.

    The fact that Indian philosophy is based on oral traditions is another reason why vyākaraṇa takes its teaching to be of primary importance.

    1990, Harold G. Coward, K. Kunjunni Raja, editors, Encyclopaedia of Indian Philosophies, volume 5, page 36
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    Among pandits, vyakarana was one of the six ‘auxiliary sciences’ or ‘limbs’ of the Veda – learning not found within the Vedas, but essential in order to comprehend them.

    2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, published 2017, page 19

Origin

  1. Sanskritव्याकरण
  2. Englishvyakarana

From Sanskrit व्याकरण (vyākaraṇa).

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