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Prakriyākaumudī

The Prakriyākaumudī is a commentary on the Aṣṭādhyāyī. It is one of the earliest Aṣṭādhyāyī commentaries with a thematic reordering of the sūtras and may have served as a model for Bhaṭṭojidīkṣita's Siddhāntakaumudī. The author of the Prakriyākaumudī is Rāmacandraśeṣa.

Approximate Date of Creation

1450 A.D.

Author

Rāmacandraśeṣa

Text Type

References

Muralīdharamiśra (ed.) (2000, 2000, 2000), Prakriyākaumudī. With the commentary Prakāśa by Śrīkriṣṇa. Varanasi: Sampurnanand Sanskrit University.

Trivedi, Rao Bahadur Kamalashankar Pranashankar (ed.) (1925, 1931), The Prakriyākaumudī (in two parts). With the commentary Prasāda of Viṭṭhala. Poona: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute.

Texts

Prakriyākaumudīprakāśa

The Prakriyākaumudīprakāśa (a.k.a. Prakāśa) is a commentary on Rāmacandraśeṣa's Prakriyākaumudī. Its author is Kṛṣṇaśeṣa.

Prakriyākaumudīprasāda

The Prakriyākaumudīprasāda (a.k.a. Prasāda) is a commentary on the Prakriyākaumudī. Its author is Viṭṭhala.

Authors

Kṛṣṇaśeṣa

Kṛṣṇaśeṣa (a.k.a. Kṛṣṇa Śeṣa, Śeṣakṛṣṇa, or Śeṣa Kṛṣṇa), of the famous Śeṣa family of Varanasi, is believed by some to be the grandson of Rāmacandraśeṣa (the author of the Prakriyākaumudī). Kṛṣṇaśe...

Rāmacandraśeṣa

Rāmacandraśeṣa (a.k.a. Rāmacandra Śeṣa or Rāmacandra) is believed to be the grandfather of Viṭṭhala (the author of the commentary Prakriyākaumudīprasāda on Rāmacandraśeṣa's Prakriyākaumudī). Some a...

Viṭṭhala is believed to be the grandson of Rāmacandraśeṣa (the author of the Prakriyākaumudī).

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...