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Prakīrṇaprakāśa

Helārāja's Prakīrṇaprakāśa is a commentary on the third book of the Vākyapadīya.

Approximate Date of Creation

1000 A.D.

Location

Kashmir

Author

Helārāja

Text Type

References

Iyer, K.A. Subramania (ed.) (1963), Vākyapadīya with the commentary of Helārāja. Kāṇḍa 3 Part 1. Poona: Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute.

Iyer, K.A. Subramania (ed.) (1973), Vākyapadīya with the Prakīrṇakaprakāśa of Helārāja. Kāṇḍa 3 Part 2. Poona: Deccan College.

Linguistic Notions

1 Introduction The notion 'subject' is an ancient one in the Western linguistic tradition, going back to at least Aristotle. In modern Western linguistics, the notion of 'subject' rema...

Texts

The Vākyapadīya, a.k.a. Trikāṇḍī, is a set of around 2000 verses, divided in three books, treating the philosophy of Sanskrit grammar/philosophy of language. It is (one of) the most important works...

Authors

Helārāja was possibly from Kashmir and a contemporary of Abhinavagupta.

Linguistic Traditions

Pāṇinīya vyākaraṇa

Pāṇinīya vyākaraṇa (Pāṇinian grammar) refers to the Sanskrit grammatical tradition including and based on Pāṇini's grammar the Aṣṭādhyāyī (c. 400 BC). The Aṣṭādhyāyī...