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Ruyyaka

Ruyyaka was from Kashmir. Ruyyaka also authored the Alaṅkārasarvasva and the Kāvyaprakāśasaṃketa (a commentary on the Kāvyaprakāśa). Ruyyaka was the teacher of Maṅkha (the author of the Śrīkaṇṭhacarita).

Name

Ruyyaka

Location

Kashmir

Date Active

c. 1150 A.D.

References

Gaṇapatiśāstrī, T. (ed.) (1909), The Vyaktiviveka of Rājānaka Mahimabhatta and its commentary [Vyaktivivekavicāra] of Rājānaka Ruyyaka. Trivandrum: Printed at the Travancore Government Press.

Linguistic Notions

Relative clauses

1. Introduction Research on relative clauses in modern Western linguistics includes both more descriptive/typological angles such as distinguishing the different semantic and syntactic...

Texts

Vyaktivivekavicāra

The Vyaktivivekavicāra is a commentary by Ruyyaka on the Vyaktiviveka.

Authors

Mahimabhaṭṭa

Mahimabhaṭṭa was from Kashmir.

Linguistic Traditions

Alaṃkāraśāstra

The Alaṃkāraśāstra is the native tradition of Sanskrit poetics, rhetoric, and literary theory. It functions as a kind of grammar to the language of the kāvya literature (Bronne...