Mahābhāṣya
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Mahābhāṣya is Patañjali’s monumental and authoritative commentary on Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī, foundational to the classical Sanskrit grammatical tradition.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sanskrit grammatical commentary
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linguistic treatise ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Kātyāyana’s Vārttikas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Patañjali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | core text of the Vyākaraṇa darśana ⓘ |
| citationForm | often cited by sūtra number and bhāṣya passage ⓘ |
| commentaryOn |
Aṣṭādhyāyī
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Pāṇini’s grammatical system ⓘ |
| covers |
morphology
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phonology ⓘ semantics ⓘ syntax ⓘ |
| discusses |
Kātyāyana’s grammatical vārttikas
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Pāṇini’s sūtras NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field |
Sanskrit grammar
ⓘ
Vyākaraṇa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | śāstric commentary (bhāṣya) ⓘ |
| importanceInIndology | primary source for reconstructing early Pāṇinian tradition ⓘ |
| influenced |
Bhartṛhari
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Kaiyaṭa’s Pradīpa NERFINISHED ⓘ Nageśa Bhaṭṭa NERFINISHED ⓘ later Sanskrit grammarians ⓘ |
| influenceScope |
Indian linguistics
ⓘ
Indian philosophy of language ⓘ |
| isCommentaryOnWorkBy | Pāṇini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isCommentaryOnWorkTitle | Aṣṭādhyāyī NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| method |
dialectical reasoning
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question-and-answer style argumentation ⓘ |
| philosophicalAspect | contains reflections on language and meaning ⓘ |
| preservedIn | multiple manuscript traditions ⓘ |
| region |
South Asia
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surface form:
Indian subcontinent
|
| religiousCulturalContext | Hindu intellectual tradition ⓘ |
| scholarlyEditions | published in critical and non-critical editions by modern scholars ⓘ |
| script | Devanāgarī (in most modern editions) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status |
authoritative commentary in the Pāṇinian school
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foundational text of classical Sanskrit grammar ⓘ |
| structure | organized around selected sūtras of the Aṣṭādhyāyī ⓘ |
| studiedAlongWith |
Aṣṭādhyāyī
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Kāśikā-vṛtti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| textualForm | prose with some metrical passages ⓘ |
| timePeriod | circa 2nd century BCE ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | Great Commentary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tradition | Pāṇinian grammatical tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn | traditional Sanskrit grammatical education ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Vyākaraṇa