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Haridīkṣita

Haridīkṣita (c. 1650 A.D.), a.k.a. Hari Dīkṣita, was the grandson of Bhaṭṭojidīkṣita and the author of the Bṛhacchabdaratna. Haridīkṣita was the teacher of Nāgeśabhaṭṭa. It is believed by some that the Laghuśabdaratna was authored by Nāgeśabhaṭṭa and attributed by Nāgeśabhaṭṭa to his teacher Haridīkṣita.

Name

Haridīkṣita

Alternative Name

Hari Dīkṣita

Date Active

c. 1650 A.D.

Texts

Laghuśabdaratna

The Laghuśabdaratna (a.k.a. Śabdaratna) is a commentary on Bhaṭṭojidīkṣita's Prauḍhamanoramā (a commentary on Bhaṭṭojidīkṣita's own Siddhāntakaumudī). It is a shorter version of Haridīkṣita's Bṛhac...

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...

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...

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...