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Kṛṣṇaśeṣa

Kṛṣṇaśeṣa (a.k.a. Kṛṣṇa Śeṣa, Śeṣakṛṣṇa, or Śeṣa Kṛṣṇa), of the famous Śeṣa family of Varanasi, is believed by some to be the grandson of Rāmacandraśeṣa (the author of the Prakriyākaumudī). Kṛṣṇaśeṣa was the father of Vīreśvaraśeṣa, who was the teacher of Jagannātha Paṇḍitarāja. Kṛṣṇaśeṣa was the teacher of Bhaṭṭojidīkṣita. Kṛṣṇaśeṣa also authored the Sphoṭatattvanirūpaṇa and the play Kaṃsavadha, among other works.

Name

Kṛṣṇaśeṣa

Alternative Name

Kṛṣṇa Śeṣa, Śeṣakṛṣṇa, Śeṣa Kṛṣṇa

Location

Varanasi

Date Active

c. 1550 A.D.

References

Muralīdharamiśra (ed.) (2000, 2000, 2000), Prakriyākaumudī. With the commentary Prakāśa by Śrīkriṣṇa. Varanasi: Sampurnanand Sanskrit University.

Texts

Prakriyākaumudī

The Prakriyākaumudī is a commentary on the Aṣṭādhyāyī. It is one of the earliest Aṣṭādhyāyī commentaries with a thematic reordering of the sūtras and may have served as a model for Bhaṭṭojidīkṣita'...

Prakriyākaumudīprakāśa

The Prakriyākaumudīprakāśa (a.k.a. Prakāśa) is a commentary on Rāmacandraśeṣa's Prakriyākaumudī. Its author is Kṛṣṇaśeṣa.

Authors

Bhaṭṭojidīkṣita

Bhaṭṭojidīkṣita (fl. in Vārāṇasī), a.k.a. Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita or Bhaṭṭoji, was a hugely important figure in the Sanskrit grammatical tradition in specific and the Sanskrit intellectual traditions in g...

Rāmacandraśeṣa

Rāmacandraśeṣa (a.k.a. Rāmacandra Śeṣa or Rāmacandra) is believed to be the grandfather of Viṭṭhala (the author of the commentary Prakriyākaumudīprasāda on Rāmacandraśeṣa's Prakriyākaumudī). Some a...

Linguistic Traditions

Pāṇinīya vyākaraṇa

Pāṇinīya vyākaraṇa (Pāṇinian grammar) refers to the Sanskrit grammatical tradition including and based on Pāṇini's grammar the Aṣṭādhyāyī (c. 400 BC). The Aṣṭādhyāyī...