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  • yena tasya viśeṣaḥ kathyate, tad viśeṣaṇam |
    (Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 305)

    “That by which its [i.e., a viśeṣya’s] distinguishing feature (viśeṣa) is described is [called] a viśeṣaṇa (modifier).”

    Read on →: yena tasya viśeṣaḥ kathyate, tad viśeṣaṇam

  • guṇādibhis tu yad bhedyaṁ tat viśeṣyam udāhṛtam |
    (Vaiyākaraṇānām uktiḥ)

    “That which is to be distinguished [i.e., determined, individuated] by a quality (guṇa) and forth [i.e., an action (kriyā) or class (jāti)] is called a viśeṣya (qualificand).”

    Read on →: guṇādibhis tu yad bhedyaṁ tat viśeṣyam udāhṛtam

  • jāti-guṇa-kriyā-dvārā yasya viśeṣaḥ kathyate, tad viśeṣyam |
    (Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 305)

    “That the distinguishing feature (viśeṣa) of which is described by means of a class (jāti), quality (guṇa), or action (kriyā) is [called] a viśeṣya (qualificand).”

    Read on →: jāti-guṇa-kriyā-dvārā yasya viśeṣaḥ kathyate, tad viśeṣyam

  • sūtra-sthitānāṁ varṇānām arthānāṁ ca pratītaye |
    viśuddhā cādhikā vyākhyā vṛttir uktā manīṣibhiḥ ||
    (Unknown source; cited in the Amṛta-ṭīkā on Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 155)

    “A carefully formulated additional explanation [of a sūtra] for the purpose of ascertaining the phonemes and meanings present in a sūtra is called a vṛtti by the wise.” 

    Read on →: sūtra-sthitānāṁ varṇānām arthānāṁ ca pratītaye

  • vṛttiḥ sūtra-vivṛtiḥ |
    (Amṛta-ṭīkā on Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 155)

    “A vṛtti is a gloss of a sūtra.”

    Read on →: vṛttiḥ sūtra-vivṛtiḥ

  • sadṛśaṁ triṣu liṅgeṣu sarvāsu ca vibhaktiṣu |
    vacaneṣu ca sarveṣu yan na vyeti tad avyayam ||
    (Prācīna-kārikā; cited in the Amṛta-ṭīkā to Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 363, and in Samāsa-cakra)

    “That which is the same and does not change in the three genders, in all the cases, and in all numbers is an indeclinable (avyaya).”

    Read on →: sadṛśaṁ triṣu liṅgeṣu sarvāsu ca vibhaktiṣu

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