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Cāndrasūtra

The Cāndrasūtra (aka Cāndravyākaraṇa) is a foundational text of the Cāndra grammatical school, a non-Pāṇinian grammatical school in the Sanskrit grammatical tradition (vyākaraṇa). The Cāndrasūtra is believed to be based on Pāṇini's Aṣṭādhyāyī, with changes such as the incorporation of a vārttika of Kātyāyana as a sūtra into the Cāndrasūtra. The author of the Cāndrasūtra is Candragomin.

Alternative Name

Cāndravyākaraṇa

Approximate Date of Creation

450 A.D.

Location

Bengal

Author

Candragomin

Text Type

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References

Liebich, Bruno (ed.) (1918), Candra-vṛtti. Der Original-Kommentar Candragomin’s zu seinem grammatischen Sūtra. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.

Linguistic Notions

Argument structure

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Texts

The Cāndravṛtti is a commentary on the Cāndrasūtra. The Cāndravṛtti is a foundational text of the Cāndra grammatical school, a non-Pāṇinian grammatical school in the Sanskrit grammatical tradition...

Authors

Candragomin (a.k.a. Candrācārya) was possibly a Buddhist from Bengal. Candragomin was the founder of the Cāndra grammatical school, a non-Pāṇinian grammatical school in the Sanskrit grammatical tra...

Linguistic Traditions

Apāṇinīya vyākaraṇa

Apāṇinīya vyākaraṇa (non-Pāṇinian grammar) refers to the various Sanskrit grammatical traditions based on root texts other than Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī. The extant non-Pāṇinian gra...