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Prātiśākhya and śikṣā
Linguistic Tradition Group
Texts
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AtharvavedaprātiśākhyaThe Atharvavedaprātiśākhya, ascribed to Śaunaka, is the prātiśākhya work of the Atharvaveda.
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PāṇinīyaśikṣāThe Pāṇinīyaśikṣā is a work on Sanskrit phonetics. It is in several versions, which include a versified form and a sūtra form. It is attributed to Pāṇini or Piṅgala. It is one of the most influenti...
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SāmavedaprātiśākhyaThe Sāmavedaprātiśākhya (a.k.a. Ṛktantra) is a prātiśākhya work of the Sāmaveda (Kauthumaśākhā). It is ascribed to Śākaṭāyana or Audavraji.
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TaittirīyaprātiśākhyaThe Taittirīyaprātiśākhya is a prātiśākhya work of the Kṛṣṇa (Black) Yajurveda.
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VājasaneyiprātiśākhyaThe Vājasaneyiprātiśākhya, ascribed to Kātyāyana, is a prātiśākhya work of the Śukla (White) Yajurveda.
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ĀpiśāliśikṣāThe Āpiśāliśikṣā is a work on Sanskrit phonetics, possibly in the Pāṇinian grammatical school.
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ṚgvedaprātiśākhyaThe Ṛgvedaprātiśākhya, ascribed to Śaunaka, is a prātiśākhya work of the Ṛgveda.
Authors
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AudavrajiThe Sāmavedaprātiśākhya (a.k.a. Ṛktantra) is ascribed to Śākaṭāyana or Audavraji.
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KātyāyanaThe Vājasaneyiprātiśākhya is ascribed to Kātyāyana.
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PiṅgalaThe Pāṇinīyaśikṣā is attributed to Pāṇini or Piṅgala.
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PāṇiniPāṇini (also referred to as Dākṣīputra and Śālāturīya), the author of the Aṣṭādhyāyī, was possibly from Gandhāra, which is the north-western area of the Indian subcontinent. In addition, the Pāṇinī...
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ĀpiśaliThe Āpiśaliśikṣā is attributed to Āpiśali.
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ŚaunakaThe Ṛgvedaprātiśākhya and the Atharvavedaprātiśākhya are ascribed to Śaunaka.
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ŚākaṭāyanaThe Sāmavedaprātiśākhya (a.k.a. Ṛktantra) is ascribed to Śākaṭāyana or Audavraji.
Linguistic Fields
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PhoneticsPhonetics is the study of linguistic sound in its physical aspects, articulatory and auditory/acoustic. Already by an early period, the phonetic analysis of Sanskrit had reached an advanced stag...
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PhonologyPhonology is the study of the (abstract) sound systems underlying the physical (articulatory and acoustic) aspects of speech. Phonology plays a central role in Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī, which...
Cite this page:
Shen, Yiming (2021). 'Prātiśākhya and śikṣā'. . First published on 29 Jun 2021. Last updated on 07 Jul 2021.
Shen, Yiming (2021). 'Prātiśākhya and śikṣā'. . First published on 29 Jun 2021. Last updated on 07 Jul 2021.