Texts
Tattvabodhinī
The Tattvabodhinī is a commentary on Bhaṭṭojidīkṣita's Siddhāntakaumudī. Its author is Jñānendrasarasvatī.
Uṇādisūtra
The Uṇādisūtra is a set of sūtras giving primary suffixes (kṛt) and deriving words not found taught in the Aṣṭādhyāyī. Pāṇini has mentioned the term uṇādi in two of his Aṣṭādhyāyī sūtras, namely 3....
Vaiyākaraṇabhūṣaṇasāra
The Vaiyākaraṇabhūṣaṇasāra, a shorter version of the Vaiyākaraṇabhūṣaṇa, is a commentary on the set of verses called Vaiyākaraṇasiddhāntakārikā authored by Bhaṭṭojidīkṣita. The Vaiyākaraṇabhūṣaṇasā...
Vaiyākaraṇasiddhāntakaumudī
The Vaiyākaraṇasiddhāntakaumudī (a.k.a. Siddhāntakaumudī) is one of the most important and popular commentaries on the Aṣṭādhyāyī. Like the older works e.g. the Rūpāvatāra and the Prakriyākaumudī,...
Vaiyākaraṇasiddhāntakārikā
Bhaṭṭojidīkṣita's Vaiyākaraṇasiddhāntakārikā (a.k.a. Vaiyākaraṇamatonmajjana) is a set of c. 75 verses on the philosophy of grammar/language and intended as a condensation of the ideas in the Śabda...
Vaiyākaraṇasiddhāntalaghumañjūṣā
The Vaiyākaraṇasiddhāntalaghumañjūṣā (a.k.a. Laghumañjūṣā) is a work on the philosophy of grammar/language. It is possibly a revision of the Vaiyākaraṇasiddhāntamañjūṣā and is longer than the Vaiyā...
Vaiyākaraṇasiddhāntamañjūṣā
The Vaiyākaraṇasiddhāntamañjūṣā (a.k.a. Mañjūṣā) is a work on the philosophy of grammar/language. It is possibly the earliest among the three 'mañjūṣā works' of Nāgeśabhaṭṭa. The Laghumañjūṣā is po...
Vaiyākaraṇasiddhāntaparamalaghumañjūṣā
The Vaiyākaraṇasiddhāntaparamalaghumañjūṣā (a.k.a. Paramalaghumañjūṣā) is a work on the philosophy of grammar/language. It is an abridgement of the Vaiyākaraṇasiddhāntalaghumañjūṣā and is possibly...
Vedārthaprakāśa
Sāyaṇa's Vedārthaprakāśa (a.k.a. Ṛgvedabhāṣya) is one of the earliest extant Sanskrit commentaries on the Ṛgveda.
Vyaktiviveka
The Vyaktiviveka is an important work in the Sanskrit poetics tradition (alaṃkāraśāstra). Its author is Mahimabhaṭṭa.
Vyaktivivekavicāra
The Vyaktivivekavicāra is a commentary by Ruyyaka on the Vyaktiviveka.
Vyākaraṇamahābhāṣya
The Vyākaraṇamahābhāṣya (a.k.a. Mahābhāṣya, Bhāṣya) consists of Kātyāyāna's vārttikas (short sūtra-like statements commenting on Pāṇini's Aṣṭādhyāyī) and Patañjali's commentary on both Kātyāyāna's...
Vyāsaśikṣā
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Vājasaneyiprātiśākhya
The Vājasaneyiprātiśākhya, ascribed to Kātyāyana, is a prātiśākhya work of the Śukla (White) Yajurveda.
Vākyapadīya
The Vākyapadīya, a.k.a. Trikāṇḍī, is a set of around 2000 verses, divided in three books, treating the philosophy of Sanskrit grammar/philosophy of language. It is (one of) the most important works...
Yājñavalkyaśikṣā
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Āpiśaliśikṣā
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Āpiśāliśikṣā
The Āpiśāliśikṣā is a work on Sanskrit phonetics, possibly in the Pāṇinian grammatical school.
Śabdakaustubha
The Śabdakaustubha is a commentary on the Aṣṭādhyāyī. The extant text of the Śabdakaustubha covers the following portions of the Aṣṭādhyāyī: 1.1−4, 2.1−4, 3.1−2, 4.1−4. The Śabdakaustubha has recei...
Śābarabhāṣya
The Śābarabhāṣya (a.k.a. Mīmāṃsāsūtrabhāṣya) is the earliest extant commentary on Jaimini's Mīmāṃsāsūtra. It is one of the foundational texts of the indigenous ritual hermeneutics tradition (mīmāṃs...
Śṛṅgāraprakāśa
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Śṛṅgāraprakāśa
The Śṛṅgāraprakāśa is an encyclopaedic work in the Sanskrit poetics tradition (alaṃkāraśāstra) treating the erotic sentiment (śṛṅgāra rasa) and many other topics in poetics as well as in the philos...
Ṛgvedapadapāṭha
The Ṛgvedapadapāṭha (i.e. the padapāṭha of the Ṛgveda), ascribed to Śākalya, undoes sandhi and gives grammatical information about the words in the Ṛgvedasaṃhitā.
Ṛgvedaprātiśākhya
The Ṛgvedaprātiśākhya, ascribed to Śaunaka, is a prātiśākhya work of the Ṛgveda.
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā
The Ṛgvedasaṃhitā is the oldest extant Sanskrit text. It is one of the most important ancient texts in India.
Ṭīkā
Puṇyarāja's Ṭīkā is a commentary on the second book of the Vākyapadīya.