LINGUINDIC

  • Welcome
  • Conference
  • Database
  • Browse
    Linguistic Notions
    Authors Linguistic Fields Linguistic Traditions Sanskrit Words Texts
  • About
    Project Team Funding Events Outputs
< All authors

Mahimabhaṭṭa

Mahimabhaṭṭa was from Kashmir.
Name
Mahimabhaṭṭa
Alternative Name
Mahima Bhaṭṭa
Location
Kashmir
Date Active
c. 1050 A.D.

References

  • Gaṇapatiśāstrī, T. (ed.) (1909), The Vyaktiviveka of Rājānaka Mahimabhatta and its commentary [Vyaktivivekavicāra] of Rājānaka Ruyyaka. Trivandrum: Printed at the Travancore Government Press.
    Book

Linguistic Notions

  • Relative clauses
    1. Introduction Research on relative clauses in modern Western linguistics includes both more descriptive/typological angles such as distinguishing the different semantic and syntactic...

Texts

  • Vyaktiviveka
    The Vyaktiviveka is an important work in the Sanskrit poetics tradition (alaṃkāraśāstra). Its author is Mahimabhaṭṭa.

Authors

  • Ruyyaka
    Ruyyaka was from Kashmir. Ruyyaka also authored the Alaṅkārasarvasva and the Kāvyaprakāśasaṃketa (a commentary on the Kāvyaprakāśa). Ruyyaka was the teacher of Maṅkha (the author of the Śrīkaṇṭhaca...

Linguistic Traditions

  • Alaṃkāraśāstra
    The Alaṃkāraśāstra is the native tradition of Sanskrit poetics, rhetoric, and literary theory. It functions as a kind of grammar to the language of the kāvya literature (Bronne...
Cite this page:
Shen, Yiming (2021). 'Mahimabhaṭṭa'. . First published on 29 Jun 2021. Last updated on 29 Jun 2021.
University of Oxford logo Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies logo European Research Council logo

This website has been developed as part of the LINGUINDIC research project,
which is led by Dr John Lowe of the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford.

The LINGUINDIC project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC)
under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement no. 851990)

If you'd like to discuss the LINGUINDIC project or this website with us, you can email us at linguindic@ames.ox.ac.uk

View our list of references

Privacy | Legal | Cookies | Accessibility | API

© University of Oxford 2025