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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 one of the works in the so-called 'samanvaya tradition' of Kashmir. Judging from its terminology etc., the Samanvayadiś (and more generally, the 'samanvaya tradition') may have been under the influence of, besides the Pāṇinian grammatical school, also non-Pāṇinian grammatical schools such as the Kātantra school. The author of the Samanvayadiś is Kuḍaka. (On dating Kuḍaka, see Hahn, 2008, 22−23 [§1.2.4 paragraph 1−2].)

Approximate Date of Creation

Possibly 1100 A.D.

Location

Kashmir

Author

Kuḍaka

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References

Slaje, Walter (1992), 'Kuḍakas Samanvayadiś und die Folgeliteratur. Materialien zu einer vergessenen lokalen Tradition der einheimischen indischen Grammatik (Miscellanea zu den Wiener Sanskrit-Handschriften 2).' Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Südasiens und Archiv für indische Philosophie 36: 105-126.

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Samanvayapradīpa and Samanvayapradīpasaṃketa

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Authors

Devaśarman was from Kashmir. On dating Devaśarman, see Hahn (2008: 24 [§1.2.5 paragraph 3]).

Kuḍaka (or Chuḍḍaka) was from Kashmir. On dating Kuḍaka, see Hahn (2008: 22−23 [§1.2.4 paragraph 1−2]).

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