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Written by Sri Swami Chandrashekarendra
Saraswati |
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In the stanza [in the previous chapter] we saw that the poet calls Siva
"Candravatamsa". It means the god who has the moon for a head
ornament. "Candrasekhara" and "Indusekhara" mean the same.
Remarkably enough, "Indusekhara" occurs in the titles of two
grammatical works. One is Sabdendusekharam, and the other
pariposendusekharam. A student who has read grammar up to
Sabdendusekharam is considered master of the subject.
If there are thirty books on Siksa, there are any number on grammar.
Foremost among them are Panini's sutras, Patanjali's bhasya for it and
vararuci's vartika (mentioned earlier). I make this statement in the
belief
that Vararuci and Katyayana is the same person. Some think that they are
not. Vararuci was one of the "Nine gems" of Vikramaditya’s court.
Bhartrhari's Vakyapadiyam is also an important grammatical treatise.
There are said to be nine [notable] Sanskrit grammar works,
"navavyakarana".
Hanuman is believed to have learned them from the sun god.
Sri Rama praises him as "nava-vyakarana-vetta ". One of these nine works
is Aindram authored by Indra. It is said that the basic Tamil grammar
book, the Tolkappiyam, follows Aindram. |
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