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Durgasiṃha

Durgasiṃha was possibly from Bengal.
Name
Durgasiṃha
Location
Bengal
Date Active
possibly c. 750 A.D.

References

  • Eggeling, Julius (ed.) (1874 (fasciculi 1−4), 1878 (fasciculi 5−6)), The Kātantra. With the commentary of Durgasiṃha. Calcutta: The Asiatic Society of Bengal.
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Texts

  • Durgasiṃhavṛtti
    The Durgasiṃhavṛtti is a commentary on Śarvavarman's Kātantrasūtra. It is a foundational text of the Kātantra grammatical school, a non-Pāṇinian grammatical school in the Sanskrit grammatical tradi...

Authors

  • Śarvavarman
    Śarvavarman was the founder of the Kātantra grammatical school, a non-Pāṇinian grammatical school in the Sanskrit grammatical tradition (vyākaraṇa).

Linguistic Traditions

  • Apāṇinīya vyākaraṇa
    Apāṇinīya vyākaraṇa (non-Pāṇinian grammar) refers to the various Sanskrit grammatical traditions based on root texts other than Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī. The extant non-Pāṇinian gra...
Cite this page:
Shen, Yiming (2021). 'Durgasiṃha'. . First published on 05 Aug 2021. Last updated on 05 Aug 2021.
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