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वाक्यकार (vAkyakAra)

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
वाक्यकार vAkyakAra
m.
author of vAkya
Monier Williams Cologne
English
वाक्य—कार
m.
the author of (a Vedānta wk. called) Vākya,
Sarvad.
Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum
English
वाक्यकार a writer on vedānta, is quoted in the Śrī-
bhāṣya. See Chāndogyavākya in the Additions.
Abhyankara Grammar
English
वाक्यकार a term used for a writer who composes a work in pithy, brief assertions in the manner of sutras, such as the Varttikas. The term is found used in Bhartrhari's Mahabhasyadipika where by con- trast with the term Bhasyakara it possibly refers to the varttikakara Katyayana
cf. एषा भाष्यकारस्य कल्पना वाक्यकारस्य Bhartrhari Maha- bhasyadipika. cf. also Nagesa's statement वाक्यकारो वार्तिकरमारभते: cf. also चुलुम्पादयो वाक्यकारीया
Madhaviya Dhatuvrtti.