Katyayana

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Dharmaśāstra author Hindu jurist Hindu law scholar ancient Indian sage

Katyayana was an ancient Indian sage and jurist traditionally regarded as one of the authoritative authors of Dharmaśāstra literature in Hindu law.

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Kātyāyana	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Dharmaśāstra author ⓘ Hindu jurist ⓘ Hindu law scholar ⓘ ancient Indian sage ⓘ
associatedWith	orthodox Brahmanical law schools ⓘ
culture	ancient Indian ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Dharmasūtra and Smṛti exegesis ⓘ Dharmaśāstra NERFINISHED ⓘ Hindu law ⓘ
genre	Dharmaśāstra NERFINISHED ⓘ Smṛti literature ⓘ
hasRoleIn	development of classical Hindu jurisprudence ⓘ
historicity	details of life uncertain ⓘ
influenced	later Hindu law digests ⓘ medieval Dharmaśāstra commentators ⓘ
knownFor	formulating rules of conduct (dharma) ⓘ interpretation of earlier Dharma texts ⓘ
language	Sanskrit ⓘ
notableWork	Kātyāyana Smṛti NERFINISHED ⓘ legal opinions (vārttikas) on earlier Dharma texts ⓘ
occupation	commentator ⓘ jurist ⓘ sage ⓘ
partOf	Brahmanical scholarly tradition ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
sourceType	traditional attribution ⓘ
textualStatus	works preserved fragmentarily in later quotations ⓘ
timePeriod	ancient India ⓘ
traditionallyRegardedAs	authority in Hindu legal tradition ⓘ one of the authoritative authors of Dharmaśāstra literature ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Katyayana Smriti → attributedTo → Katyayana ⓘ

Panini → influenced → Katyayana ⓘ

Vyākaraṇa (Sanskrit grammatical tradition) → hasCommentator → Katyayana ⓘ

subject surface form: Vyākaraṇa

this entity surface form: Kātyāyana