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Mahābhāṣyapradīpa

The Mahābhāṣyapradīpa (a.k.a. Pradīpa) is the oldest extant full commentary on the Mahābhāṣya. It has received several commentaries, e.g. Nāgeśabhaṭṭa's Mahābhāṣyapradīpoddyota.

Alternative Name

Pradīpa

Approximate Date of Creation

1000 A.D.

Location

Kashmir

Author

Kaiyaṭa

Text Type

References

Bauer, L (2006), Compound.

Kudāla, Śivadatta D. et al. (ed.) (1935, 1937, 1942, 1945), Patañjali’s Vyākaraṇa Mahābhāṣya with Kaiyaṭa’s Pradīpa and Nāgeśa’s Uddyota. Bombay: Nirnaya Sagar Press.

Narasimhacharya, M.S. (ed.) (1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983), Mahābhāṣya pradīpa vyākhyānāni. Pondicherry: Institut Français d’Indologie.

Vedavrata (ed.) (1962, 1963, 1963, 1963, 1962), Vyākaraṇa-mahābhāṣyam. Śrīkaiyyaṭakṛtapradīpena nāgojibhaṭṭakṛtena bhāṣyapradīpoddyotena ca vibhūṣitam. Gurukula Jhajjara (Rohataka): Harayāṇā-sāhitya-saṃsthānam.

Śivadatta and Raghunātha (eds.) (1951), Vyākaraṇamahābhāṣye navāhnikam. Aṣṭādhyāyīprathamādhyāyaprathamapādavyākhyānam. Śrīmadupādhyāyakaiyaṭanirmitapradīpaprakāśitam. Sarvatantrasvatantraśrīmannāgeśabhaṭṭaviracitoddyotodbhāsitam. Bombay: Nirnaya Sagar Press.

Authors

Kaiyaṭa was from Kashmir.

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...