vyakarana

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Sanskrit व्याकरण (vyākaraṇa).

Noun[edit]

vyakarana (uncountable)

  1. (Hinduism) The grammar or linguistic analysis of Vedic Sanskrit, as the language of the Hindu scriptures.
    • 1990, Harold G. Coward, K. Kunjunni Raja, editors, Encyclopaedia of Indian Philosophies, volume 5, page 36:
      The fact that Indian philosophy is based on oral traditions is another reason why vyākaraṇa takes its teaching to be of primary importance.
    • 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, published 2017, page 19:
      Among pandits, vyakarana was one of the six ‘auxiliary sciences’ or ‘limbs’ of the Veda – learning not found within the Vedas, but essential in order to comprehend them.
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