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Bhartṛhari

Bhartṛhari's most famous work is the Vākyapadīya. He also wrote the Mahābhāṣyadīpikā, the oldest partially extant commentary on the Mahābhāṣya. Some also consider Bhartṛhari to be the author of a third work called Ṣaḍdhātusamīkṣā.

Name

Bhartṛhari

Date Active

c. 450 A.D.

References

Abhyankar, K.V. and V.P. Limaye (eds.) (1965), Vākyapadīya. Poona: University of Poona.

Bauer, L (2006), Compound.

Biardeau, Madeleine (ed.) (1964), Vākyapadīya Brahmakāṇḍa. Avec la Vṛtti de Harivṛṣabha. Text reproduit de l’Édition de Lahore. Paris: Éditions E. de Boccard.

Iyer, K.A. Subramania (1969), Bhartṛhari. A study of the Vākyapadīya in the light of the ancient commentaries. Poona: Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute.

Iyer, K.A. Subramania (ed.) (1963), Vākyapadīya with the commentary of Helārāja. Kāṇḍa 3 Part 1. Poona: Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute.

Iyer, K.A. Subramania (ed.) (1966), Vākyapadīya with the Vṛtti and the Paddhati of Vṛṣabhadeva. Poona: Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute.

Iyer, K.A. Subramania (ed.) (1973), Vākyapadīya with the Prakīrṇakaprakāśa of Helārāja. Kāṇḍa 3 Part 2. Poona: Deccan College.

Iyer, K.A. Subramania (ed.) (1983), Vākyapadīya. Containing the Ṭīkā of Puṇyarāja and the ancient Vṛtti. Kāṇda 2. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass.

Rau, Wilhelm (ed.) (1977), Bhartṛharis Vākyapadīya. Die Mūlakārikās nach den Handschriften herausgegeben und mit einem Pāda-Index versehen. Wiesbaden: Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft.

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Texts

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Authors

Helārāja was possibly from Kashmir and a contemporary of Abhinavagupta.

Puṇyarāja was the author of a commentary (Ṭīkā) on the Vākyapadīya.

Vṛṣabhadeva

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