Cāndra school

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The Cāndra school is a traditional grammatical school within the Sanskrit vyākaraṇa tradition, known for its alternative system of grammatical analysis distinct from Pāṇini’s.

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Sārasvata school 1

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sanskrit grammatical school
vyākaraṇa tradition
comparedWith Jainendra school
Kātantra school NERFINISHED
Pāṇinian school NERFINISHED
country India
field Sanskrit grammar
focusesOn analysis of Sanskrit compounds
description of Sanskrit verbal system
rules for Sanskrit inflection
rules for Sanskrit word formation
follows Candra grammar
genre śāstra
hasCharacteristic alternative system of grammatical analysis
non-Pāṇinian rule organization
hasDiscipline morphology
phonology
semantics
syntax
hasGoal systematic description of correct Sanskrit usage
hasRoleIn preservation of Sanskrit linguistic knowledge
influencedBy earlier Sanskrit grammatical thought
isAlternativeTo Pāṇinian grammatical tradition
Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī system NERFINISHED
language Sanskrit
namedAfter Candra NERFINISHED
partOf classical Indian linguistic traditions
studiedBy Indologists NERFINISHED
Sanskrit grammarians
historians of linguistics
subjectOf historical studies of non-Pāṇinian grammars
timePeriod classical Sanskrit period
tradition vyākaraṇa
usesConcept metarules for grammar
technical grammatical terminology

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Vyākaraṇa (Sanskrit grammatical tradition) hasSchool Cāndra school
subject surface form: Vyākaraṇa
Vyākaraṇa (Sanskrit grammatical tradition) hasSchool Cāndra school
subject surface form: Vyākaraṇa
this entity surface form: Sārasvata school