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Durgasiṃhavṛtti

The Durgasiṃhavṛtti is a commentary on Śarvavarman's Kātantrasūtra. It is a foundational text of the Kātantra grammatical school, a non-Pāṇinian grammatical school in the Sanskrit grammatical tradition (vyākaraṇa). The author of the Durgasiṃhavṛtti is Durgasiṃha.

Approximate Date of Creation

possibly 750 A.D.

Location

Bengal

Author

Durgasiṃha

Text Type

References

Eggeling, Julius (ed.) (1874 (fasciculi 1−4), 1878 (fasciculi 5−6)), The Kātantra. With the commentary of Durgasiṃha. Calcutta: The Asiatic Society of Bengal.

Texts

Kātantrasūtra

The Kātantrasūtra (a.k.a. Kalāpasūtra) is a foundational text of the Kātantra grammatical school, a non-Pāṇinian grammatical school in the Sanskrit grammatical tradition (vyākaraṇa). The Kātantrasū...

Authors

Durgasiṃha was possibly from Bengal.

Śarvavarman was the founder of the Kātantra grammatical school, a non-Pāṇinian grammatical school in the Sanskrit grammatical tradition (vyākaraṇa).

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...