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Ṭīkā

Text Type

• Commentary
  A type of text

References

• Iyer, K.A. Subramania (ed.) (1983), Vākyapadīya. Containing the Ṭīkā of Puṇyarāja and the ancient Vṛtti. Kāṇda 2. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass.
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Texts

• Vākyapadīya
  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

• Bhartṛhari
  Bhartṛhari's most famous work is the Vākyapadīya. He also wrote the Mahābhāṣyadīpikā, the oldest partially extant commentary on the Mahābhāṣya. Some also consider Bhartṛhari to be the author of a t...
• Puṇyarāja
  Puṇyarāja was the author of a commentary (Ṭīkā) on the Vākyapadīya.

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...