Vyākaraṇa

sānusvāraś ca dīrghaś ca visargī ca gurur bhavet

sānusvāraś ca dīrghaś ca visargī ca gurur bhavet |
varṇa-saṁyoga-pūrvaś ca tathā pādāntago’pi vā ||
(Chando-mañjarī: 1.11; cited in the Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa Amṛta-ṭīkā: 1.81)

“A vowel with an anusvāra (ṁ), a dīrgha (trivikrama) vowel, a vowel with a visarga (ḥ), and a vowel [immediately] prior to a conjunct (sat-saṅga) of varṇas is guru (“heavy”), and so too optionally is a vowel coming at the end of a pāda [i.e. a line or quarter of a verse].”

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kartā svatantra ity ukto hetu-kartā prayojakaḥ

kartā svatantra ity ukto hetu-kartā prayojakaḥ |
prayojakādhīna-kartā prayojya iti sa tridhā ||
(Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa-vṛtti: 930)

“A kartā (agent) is called the svatantra (the independent agent), a hetu-kartā (causative agent) the prayojaka (the engaging agent)m and a prayojakādhīna-kartā (an agent under the control of a prayojaka) the prayojya (an engaged agent). Thus he [i.e., a kartā (agent)] is of three types [i.e., an agent can be (1) an independent agent who both causes and performs an action, (2) an engaging agent who causes an action to be performed but does not perform it personally, and (3) an engaged agent who does not cause the action to be performed but performs it under the control of an engaging agent].”

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pūrva-parayoḥ sahaivādeśo nipātaḥ

pūrva-parayoḥ sahaivādeśo nipātaḥ |
(Vṛtti on Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 257)

“The simultaneous replacement of the former [i.e., the prakṛti] and the later [i.e., the pratyaya] is [called] a nipāta.”

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kṛtasyāsmaraṇe kartur atyantāpahnave’pi ca

kṛtasyāsmaraṇe kartur atyantāpahnave’pi ca |
darśanāder abhāve ca tridhā vidyāt parokṣatā ||
(Unknown source; cited in the Amṛta-ṭīkā on Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa-vṛtti: 1062)

“Know the state of parokṣa to be of three types: (1) when the agent (kartā) has no remembrance of an action; (2) when the agent completely denies the action; and (3) when the agent had no vision and so forth [i.e., perception] of the action.”

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dhātu-sūtra-gaṇoṇādi-vākya-liṅgānuśāsanam

dhātu-sūtra-gaṇoṇādi-vākya-liṅgānuśāsanam |
āgama-pratyayādeśā upadeśāḥ prakīrtitāḥ ||
(Unkown source; cited in the Amṛta-ṭīkā on Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 2.5)

“Dhātus, sūtras, gaṇas [i.e., groups of words that follow the same rules], uṇādi-sūtras, vākyas [i.e., Kātyāyana’s vārttikas], Liṅgānuśāsana [i.e., a work dealing with the rules of gender attributed to Pāṇini], āgamas, pratyayas, and ādeśas are called upadeśas.” 

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vācya-liṅgā viśeṣya-liṅgādi-bhājaḥ

vācya-liṅgā viśeṣya-liṅgādi-bhājaḥ |
(Amṛta-ṭīkā on Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 303)

“Words with the gender of the substantive (vācya-liṅgāḥ) [i.e., adjectival words] are words that share the gender (liṅga) and so forth [i.e., the case and number as well in many cases] of the qualificand (viśeṣya).”

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