Varttikas (see कविधेो सर्वत्र प्रसारणिभ्यो ड: P.III. 2. 3 Vart and स्मपुरा भूतमात्रे न स्मपुराद्यतने P.III.2.118 Vart. 1)indicating that the Slokavarttika- kara believed that the Varttikas were composed by Katyayana. There is no reference at all in the Mahabhasya to Vararuci as a writer of the Varttikas; there is only one reference which shows that there was a scholar by name Vararuci known to Patanjali, but he was a poet; cf. वाररुचं काव्यं in the sense of 'composed' ( कृत and not प्रोक्त ) by वररुचि M.Bh. on P. IV. 2.4. ( 2 ) वररुचि is also mentioned as the author of the Prakrta Grammar known by the name प्राकृतप्रकाश or प्राकृतमञ्जरी, This वररुचि, who also was कात्यायन by Gotra name, was a grammarian later than Patanjali, who has been associated with Sarvvarman, (the author of the first three Adh- yayas of the Katantra Sutras), as the author of the fourth Adhyaya. Patanjali does not associate वररुचि with Katyayana at alI. His men- tion of वररुचि as a writer of a Kavya is a sufficient testimony for that. Hence, it appears probable that Katyayana, to whom the author- ship of the Vajasaneyi Pratisakhya and many other works allied with Veda has been attributed, was not associated with Vararuci by Patan- jali, and it is only the later writers who identified the grammarian Vararuci,who composed the fourth Adhyaya of the Katantra Grammar and wrote a Prakrit Grammar and some other grammar works, with the ancient revered Katya- yana, the author of Varttikas, the Vijasaneyi Pratisakhya and the Puspasutra; (3) There was a com- paratively modern grammarian |
named वररुचि who wrote a small treatise on genders of words con- sisting of about 125 stanzas with a commentary named Lingavrtti, possibly written by the author himself. (4) There was also ano- ther modern grammarian by name वररुचि who wrote a work on syntax named प्रयोगमुखमण्डन discuss- ing the four topics कारक, समास, तद्धित and कृदन्त. वरवर्णिनी name of a commentary on the Paribhsendusekhara written by Guruprasada Sastri, a reputed grammarian of the present century. वराहादि a class of words headed by वराह which have the taddhita affix क ( कक् ) added to them in the four senses mentioned in P. IV. 2.67-70 e.g. वाराहकम्, पालाशकम् etc.; cf. Kas. on P. IV. 2.80. वरी feminine form of the affix वनिप्; e. g. ऋतावरी, शर्वरी; etc.; cf. वनो र श्च P. IV. 1.7. वर्ग name given to the different classes of consonants which are headed by an unaspirate surd; e. g. कवर्ग, चवर्ग, टवर्ग, तवर्ग and पवर्ग. The several consonants in each group or class, are, in their serial order, named वगेप्रथम, वर्गद्वितीय etc. On the analogy of these five classes, the semivowels are called by the name यवर्ग and sibilants, are called by the name शवर्ग, वर्ग्यादि a class of words headed by the word वर्ग्य which have their initial vowel accented acute when they stand as second members of a tatpurusa compound other than the karmadharaya type of it; e. g. वासुदेववर्ग्यः, अर्जुनपक्ष्यः; cf Kas: on P, VI. 2,131. वर्ण phonemic unit: a letter The term was in use in ancient times and found used generally in the |
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