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Patañjali

Patañjali is chronologically the third author in the Pāṇinian grammatical school whose work is extant. In the tradition, Patañjali is regarded as one of the Pāṇinian sage-triad (munitraya) enjoying high authority (the other two being Pāṇini and Kātyāyana). It is believed in the tradition that Patañjali was an incarnation of the serpent (nāga) Śeṣa.

Name

Patañjali

Date Active

c. 150 B.C.

References

Bauer, L (2006), Compound.

Kielhorn, F. (ed.) (1962, 1965, 1972), The Vyākaraṇa-Mahābhāṣya of Patañjali. Poona: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute.

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.

Narasimhacharya, M.S. (ed.) (1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983), Mahābhāṣya pradīpa vyākhyānāni. Pondicherry: Institut Français d’Indologie.

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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