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Nāgeśabhaṭṭa

Nāgeśabhaṭṭa (a.k.a. Nāgeśa Bhaṭṭa, Nāgeśa, Nāgojibhaṭṭa, Nāgoji Bhaṭṭa, Nāgoji; fl. in Vārāṇasī) was a hugely important figure in the Sanskrit grammatical tradition. Some consider Nāgeśabhaṭṭa to be the last great grammarian in the Pāṇinian school. Nāgeśabhaṭṭa was a pupil of Haridīkṣita, the grandson of Bhaṭṭojidīkṣita. Nāgeśabhaṭṭa's students include Vaidyanāthapāyaguṇḍa. Nāgeśabhaṭṭa was a prolific author, having composed many works both in grammar (vyākaraṇa) and other fields. Nāgeśabhaṭṭa's grammatical works include the following (here divided in three main areas). 1. Technical grammar/prakriyā: Bṛhacchabdenduśekhara, Laghuśabdenduśekhara; Laghuśabdaratna (believed by some to be authored by Nāgeśabhaṭṭa and attributed by Nāgeśabhaṭṭa to his teacher Haridīkṣita, the author of the Bṛhacchabdaratna); Mahābhāṣyapradīpoddyota; Mahābhāṣyapratyākhyānasaṃgraha; Viṣamapadavyākhyā. 2. Philosophy of grammar/language: Vaiyākaraṇasiddhāntamañjūṣā, Vaiyākaraṇasiddhāntalaghumañjūṣā, Vaiyākaraṇasiddhāntaparamalaghumañjūṣā; Sphoṭavāda. 3. Paribhāṣā (metalinguistic rule): Paribhāṣenduśekhara; Jñāpakasaṃgraha.

Name

Nāgeśabhaṭṭa

Alternative Name

Nāgeśa Bhaṭṭa, Nāgeśa, Nāgojibhaṭṭa, Nāgoji Bhaṭṭa, Nāgoji

Location

Vārāṇasī

Date Active

c. 1700 A.D.

References

Kapildevshastri (ed.) (1985), Nāgeśa Bhaṭṭas Vaiyākaraṇasiddhāntamañjūṣā. Kurukshetra: Vishal Publications.

Kielhorn, F. (ed.) (1868), The Paribhāshenduśekhara of Nāgojībhaṭṭa. Part I. The Sanskrit text and various readings. Bombay: Printed at the Indu Prakash Press.

Kudāla, Śivadatta D. et al. (ed.) (1935, 1937, 1942, 1945), Patañjali’s Vyākaraṇa Mahābhāṣya with Kaiyaṭa’s Pradīpa and Nāgeśa’s Uddyota. Bombay: Nirnaya Sagar Press.

Kālikāprasādaśukla (ed.) (1977), Vaiyākaraṇasiddhāntamañjūṣā by Nāgeśa Bhatta. Varanasi: Sampurnanand Sanskrit University.

Laxmanjoshi, Venkatesh (ed.) (1966), Prauḍha Manoramā with commentary Śabdaratna of Hari Dīkṣita. Volume 1. Poona: Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute.

Mānavallī, Rāma Śāstrī (ed.) (1888), Praudhamanoramā. Bhaṭṭojī Dīkshita's commentary on his Siddhānta Kaumudī. With its gloss called Laghu Śabdaratna by the author’s grand son Harī Dīkshita. Second half. Benares: Messrs. Braj B. Das and Co..

Panta, Parvatiya Nityananda (ed.) (1917), Paramalaghumanjusha. Benares: Chowkhamba Sanskrit Book Depot.

Pendse, Narahari Śāstri (ed.) (2001), Laghuśabdenduśekhara. With a commentary [Liṅgānuśāsana] Chandrakalā by Bhairava Miśra. Varanasi: Chaukhambha Sanskrit Sansthan.

Vedavrata (ed.) (1962, 1963, 1963, 1963, 1962), Vyākaraṇa-mahābhāṣyam. Śrīkaiyyaṭakṛtapradīpena nāgojibhaṭṭakṛtena bhāṣyapradīpoddyotena ca vibhūṣitam. Gurukula Jhajjara (Rohataka): Harayāṇā-sāhitya-saṃsthānam.

Śivadatta and Raghunātha (eds.) (1951), Vyākaraṇamahābhāṣye navāhnikam. Aṣṭādhyāyīprathamādhyāyaprathamapādavyākhyānam. Śrīmadupādhyāyakaiyaṭanirmitapradīpaprakāśitam. Sarvatantrasvatantraśrīmannāgeśabhaṭṭaviracitoddyotodbhāsitam. Bombay: Nirnaya Sagar Press.

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Texts

Bṛhacchabdenduśekhara

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Laghuśabdaratna

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Laghuśabdenduśekhara

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Mahābhāṣyapradīpoddyota

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Paribhāṣenduśekhara

The Paribhāṣenduśekhara is a set of Pāṇinian paribhāṣās (metalinguistic rule) with a commentary on them. Its author is Nāgeśabhaṭṭa.

Vaiyākaraṇasiddhāntalaghumañjūṣā

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Vaiyākaraṇasiddhāntamañjūṣā

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Vaiyākaraṇasiddhāntaparamalaghumañjūṣā

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Authors

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Linguistic Traditions

Pāṇinīya vyākaraṇa

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Linguistic Fields

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