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Helārāja

Helārāja was possibly from Kashmir and a contemporary of Abhinavagupta.

Name

Helārāja

Location

Kashmir

Date Active

c. 1000 A.D.

References

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.) (1973), Vākyapadīya with the Prakīrṇakaprakāśa of Helārāja. Kāṇḍa 3 Part 2. Poona: Deccan College.

Linguistic Notions

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Texts

Prakīrṇaprakāśa

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Authors

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Linguistic Traditions

Pāṇinīya vyākaraṇa

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