samāsa-vākyaṁ vigrahaḥ |
(Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 1684)
“An explanation of a compound is [called] a vigraha [i.e., isolation and analysis of the words (padas) in a compound that produces specific understanding of the meaning of the compound].”
vyākaraṇam adhīte veda vā vaiyākaraṇaḥ |
(Siddhānta-kaumudī)
“One who studies or knows vyākaraṇam [lsly., grammar] is [called] a vaiyākaraṇa [lsly., grammarian].”
yathottaraṁ munīnāṁ prāmāṇyam |
(Kaiyata, an 11th century vaiyākaraṇa; cited in Siddhānta-kaumudī on Aṣṭadhyāyī: 7.3.59)
“The authority of the sages is successive [i.e., among the three seminal sages of vyākaraṇa—Pāṇini, Kātyāyana, and Patañjali—the authority of each succeeding sage is greater than his predecessor(s), and thus Patañjali is the highest authority in all matters of Pāṇini’s vyākaraṇa].”
