Aitareya Āraṇyaka

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Amarakośa

The Amarakośa (a.k.a. Nāmaliṅgānuśāsana or Trikāṇḍī) is (one of) the most important indigenous Sanskrit lexicon(s). It has received many commentaries. Its author is Amarasiṃha.

Atharvavedaprātiśākhya

The Atharvavedaprātiśākhya, ascribed to Śaunaka, is the prātiśākhya work of the Atharvaveda.

Aṣṭādhyāyī

The Aṣṭādhyāyī is the foundational sūtra text of the Pāṇinian grammatical school, and also (one of) the most important text in the Sanskrit grammatical tradition (vyākaraṇa) and the Indian literary...

Bhāṣāvṛtti

The Bhāṣāvṛtti is a relatively concise partial commentary on the Aṣṭādhyāyī, not commenting on the sūtras treating the Vedic language. Its author is Puruṣottamadeva.

Bālamanoramā

The Bālamanoramā is a commentary for the less advanced on Bhaṭṭojidīkṣita's Siddhāntakaumudī. Its author is Vāsudevadīkṣita.

Bṛhacchabdenduśekhara

The Bṛhacchabdenduśekhara is a commentary on Bhaṭṭojidīkṣita's Siddhāntakaumudī (a commentary on Pāṇini's Aṣṭādhyāyī). A younger and shorter version of the Bṛhacchabdenduśekhara is the Laghuśabdend...

Chāndogya Upanisạd

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Cāndrasūtra

The Cāndrasūtra (aka Cāndravyākaraṇa) is a foundational text of the Cāndra grammatical school, a non-Pāṇinian grammatical school in the Sanskrit grammatical tradition (vyākaraṇa). The Cāndrasūtra i...

Cāndravṛtti

The Cāndravṛtti is a commentary on the Cāndrasūtra. The Cāndravṛtti is a foundational text of the Cāndra grammatical school, a non-Pāṇinian grammatical school in the Sanskrit grammatical tradition...

Dhātupāṭha

A dhātupāṭha is a list of Sanskrit verbal roots. Different grammatical schools in the Sanskrit grammatical tradition (vyākaraṇa) have different dhātupāṭhas: e.g. the P...

Durgasiṃhavṛtti

The Durgasiṃhavṛtti is a commentary on Śarvavarman's Kātantrasūtra. It is a foundational text of the Kātantra grammatical school, a non-Pāṇinian grammatical school in the Sanskrit grammatical tradi...

Gaṇaratnamahodadhi

A grammar work, consisting of a metrical enumeration of the words in the Gaṇapāṭha of Pāṇini, written by Vardhamāna, a Jain grammarian of the 12th century, who is believed to have been one of the s...

Kārikāvalī

The Kārikāvalī (a.k.a. Bhāṣāpariccheda) is a set of around 170 verses in which a compendium of views of the nyāya tradition is given. The author of the Kārikāvalī is Viśvanāthapañcānana.

Kātantrasūtra

The Kātantrasūtra (a.k.a. Kalāpasūtra) is a foundational text of the Kātantra grammatical school, a non-Pāṇinian grammatical school in the Sanskrit grammatical tradition (vyākaraṇa). The Kātantrasū...

Kāvyaprakāśa

The Kāvyaprakāśa is an alaṃkāraśāstra work discussing theories of poetry. It is one of the most important works in the alaṃkāraśāstra. Its author is Mammaṭa.

Kāśikāvṛtti

The Kāśikāvṛtti (a.k.a. Kāśikā) is (one of) the most important commentaries on the Aṣṭādhyāyī. It is the oldest extant full commentary on the Aṣṭādhyāyī. It comments on the Aṣṭādhyāyī following its...

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...

Laghuśabdenduśekhara

The Laghuśabdenduśekhara is a commentary on Bhaṭṭojidīkṣita's Siddhāntakaumudī (a commentary on Pāṇini's Aṣṭādhyāyī). It is a younger and shorter version of Nāgeśabhaṭṭa's own Bṛhacchabdenduśekhara...

Mahābhāṣya

Mahabhashya, attributed to Patañjali, is a commentary on selected rules of Sanskrit grammar from Pāṇini's treatise, the Aṣṭādhyāyī, as well as Kātyāyana's Vārttika-sūtra, an elaboration of Pāṇini's...

Mahābhāṣyapradīpa

The Mahābhāṣyapradīpa (a.k.a. Pradīpa) is the oldest extant full commentary on the Mahābhāṣya. It has received several commentaries, e.g. Nāgeśabhaṭṭa's Mahābhāṣyapradīpoddyota.

Mahābhāṣyapradīpoddyota

The Mahābhāṣyapradīpoddyota (a.k.a. Uddyota) is a commentary on Kaiyaṭa's Mahābhāṣyapradīpa (a commentary on the Mahābhāṣya). Its author is Nāgeśabhaṭṭa.

Mādhavīyadhātuvṛtti

The Mādhavīyadhātuvṛtti is a commentary on the Pāṇinian Dhātupāṭha. It gives the technical derivation (prakriyā) of finite and non-finite forms of the verbal roots in that dhātupāṭha. Some believe...

Mānameyodaya

The Mānameyodaya is an elementary mīmāṃsā treatise of the bhāṭṭa mīmāṃsā school. Its author is Nārāyaṇabhaṭṭa.

Mīmāṃsāsūtra

The Mīmāṃsāsūtra (a.k.a. Jaiminisūtra) is the root text of the indigenous ritual hermeneutics tradition (mīmāṃsā). Its author is Jaimini.

Nighaṇṭu

The Nighaṇṭu, in five chapters (adhyāya), is a list of Vedic words giving synonyms, rare words, deity names, etc. The Nighaṇṭu forms the basis for Yāska's Nirukta.

Nirukta

The Nirukta is one of the oldest Sanskrit linguistic texts. It comments on and etymologises Sanskrit words, many among them from the Nighaṇṭu, a list of Vedic words. The Nirukta has received a few...

Nyāsa

The Nyāsa (a.k.a. Kāśikāvivaraṇapañcikā or Kāśikāvivaraṇapañjikā) is the oldest extant commentary on the Kāśikāvṛtti, a commentary on the Aṣṭādhyāyī. Its author is Jinendrabuddhi.

Nyāyasiddhāntamuktāvalī

The Nyāyasiddhāntamuktāvalī (a.k.a. Siddhāntamuktāvalī, Muktāvalī) is an auto-commentary on the Kārikāvalī. The author of the Nyāyasiddhāntamuktāvalī is Viśvanāthapañcānana.

Nāradaśikṣā

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Padamañjarī

The Padamañjarī is an important commentary on the Kāśikāvṛtti, a commentary on the Aṣṭādhyāyī. Its author is Haradatta.

Paddhati

The Paddhati of Vṛṣabhadeva (a.k.a. Harivṛṣabha) is a commentary on the first book of the Vākyapadīya.

Paribhāṣenduśekhara

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

Prakriyākaumudī

The Prakriyākaumudī is a commentary on the Aṣṭādhyāyī. It is one of the earliest Aṣṭādhyāyī commentaries with a thematic reordering of the sūtras and may have served as a model for Bhaṭṭojidīkṣita'...

Prakriyākaumudīprakāśa

The Prakriyākaumudīprakāśa (a.k.a. Prakāśa) is a commentary on Rāmacandraśeṣa's Prakriyākaumudī. Its author is Kṛṣṇaśeṣa.

Prakriyākaumudīprasāda

The Prakriyākaumudīprasāda (a.k.a. Prasāda) is a commentary on the Prakriyākaumudī. Its author is Viṭṭhala.

Prakriyāsarvasva

The Prakriyāsarvasva is a commentary on the Aṣṭādhyāyī.

Prakīrṇaprakāśa

Helārāja's Prakīrṇaprakāśa is a commentary on the third book of the Vākyapadīya.

Prauḍhamanoramā

The Prauḍhamanoramā (a.k.a. Manoramā) is Bhaṭṭojidīkṣita's commentary on his own Siddhāntakaumudī, a commentary on the Aṣṭādhyāyī with thematic reordering of the sūtras.

Pāṇinīyaśikṣā

The 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...

Pāṇinı̄yaśikṣā

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Rāmāśramī

The Rāmāśramī (a.k.a. Vyākhyāsudhā) of Bhānujidīkṣita is a commentary on the Amarakośa. This commentary gives details of grammatical information (e.g. technical derivation) of the words in the Amar...

Rūpāvatāra

The Rūpāvatāra is the oldest extant commentary on the Aṣṭādhyāyī with a thematic reordering of the sūtras; thus, the Rūpāvatāra may have provided a model for later, more renowned works like the Pra...

Samanvayadiś

The Samanvayadiś, in prose, is a practical grammar mainly on Sanskrit syntax. Only one manuscript of the Samanvayadiś is known to be extant, and that manuscript is incomplete. The Samanvayadiś is o...

Samanvayapradīpa and Samanvayapradīpasaṃketa

The Samanvayapradīpa, in verse, is a practical grammar mainly on Sanskrit syntax. Following the Samanvayadiś closely in structure and content, the Samanvayapradīpa is a versified version of the Sam...

Saṃkṣiptasāra

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Siddhahaimacandra

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Sāmavedaprātiśākhya

The Sāmavedaprātiśākhya (a.k.a. Ṛktantra) is a prātiśākhya work of the Sāmaveda (Kauthumaśākhā). It is ascribed to Śākaṭāyana or Audavraji.

Taittirīya Upaniṣad

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Taittirīyaprātiśākhya

The Taittirīyaprātiśākhya is a prātiśākhya work of the Kṛṣṇa (Black) Yajurveda.