vyakarana

vyakarana

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit व्याकरण (vyākaraṇa).

Noun

vyakarana (uncountable)

1. (Hinduism) The grammar or linguistic analysis of Vedic Sanskrit, as the language of the Hindu scriptures.
   • 1990, Harold G. Coward, K. Kunjunni Raja (Eds.), Encyclopaedia of Indian Philosophies, vol. 5, p. 36:

     The fact that Indian philosophy is based on oral traditions is another reason why vyākaraṇa takes its teaching to be of primary importance.

   • 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin 2017, p. 19:

     Among pandits, vyakarana was one of the six ‘auxiliary sciences’ or ‘limbs’ of the Veda – learning not found within the Vedas, but essential in order to comprehend them.