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Kātyāyana

The Vājasaneyiprātiśākhya is ascribed to Kātyāyana.
Name
Kātyāyana
Date Active
First millennium B.C.

References

  • Pāṭhaka, Yugalkiśora (ed.) (1883), Kātyāyana’s Prātiśākhya of the White Yajur Veda. With the commentary of Uvaṭṭa. Benares: Messrs. Braj B. Das and Co..
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  • Venkataramasharma, V. (ed.) (1934), Vājasaneyi Prātiśākhya of Kātyāyana. With the commentaries of Uvaṭa and Anantabhaṭṭa. Madras: University of Madras.
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Linguistic Notions

  • Coordination
    The term coordination refers to the juxtaposition of two or more words or phrases under a single phrasal node, often linked by a conjunction such as and or or. Unlike...
  • Ellipsis
    The term 'ellipsis' in grammatical theory most generally refers to linguistic material being omitted, deleted, or simply left unpronounced. The omitted material is needed for the full interpreta...

Texts

  • Vājasaneyiprātiśākhya
    The Vājasaneyiprātiśākhya, ascribed to Kātyāyana, is a prātiśākhya work of the Śukla (White) Yajurveda.

Linguistic Traditions

  • Prātiśākhya and śikṣā
    Śikṣā (literally ‘instruction’, particularly ‘instruction in reciting’) is the native tradition of phonetics, teaching proper articulation and pronunciation of Vedic texts. Traditionall...
Cite this page:
Shen, Yiming (2021). 'Kātyāyana'. . First published on 30 Jun 2021. Last updated on 30 Jun 2021.
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