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Candragomin

Candragomin (a.k.a. Candrācārya) was possibly a Buddhist from Bengal. Candragomin was the founder of the Cāndra grammatical school, a non-Pāṇinian grammatical school in the Sanskrit grammatical tradition (vyākaraṇa).

Name

Candragomin

Alternative Name

Candrācārya

Location

Bengal

Date Active

c. 450 A.D.

References

Liebich, Bruno (ed.) (1918), Candra-vṛtti. Der Original-Kommentar Candragomin’s zu seinem grammatischen Sūtra. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.

Texts

The Candrasūtra (a.k.a. Cāndravyākaraṇa) is a foundational text of the Cāndra grammatical school, a non-Pāṇinian grammatical school in the Sanskrit grammatical tradition (vyākaraṇa). The Candrasūtr...

The Candravṛtti is an auto-commentary on the Candrasūtra. The Candravṛtti is a foundational text of the Cāndra grammatical school, a non-Pāṇinian grammatical school in the Sanskrit grammatical trad...

Linguistic Traditions

Apāṇinīya vyākaraṇa

A linguistic tradition