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वार्त्तिककार (vArttikakAra)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
वार्त्तिक—कार
m.
 ‘composer of Vārttikas’,
N.
 of Kātyāyana, Kumārila
&c.
 ,
Cat.
of a poet, ib.
Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum
English
वार्त्तिककार poet. Skm.
Abhyankara Grammar
English
वार्त्तिककार believed to be Katyayana to whom the whole bulk of the Varttikas quoted in the Maha- bhasya is attributed by later grammarians. Patafijali gives the word वार्तिककार in four places only (in the Mahabhasya on P.I.1.34, III.1.44: III.2.118 and VII.1.1) out of which his statement स्यादि- विधिः पुरान्तः यद्यविशेषणं भवति किं वार्तिककारः प्रातिषेधेनं करोति in explanation of the Slokavarttika स्यादिविधिः...इति हुवता कात्यायनेनेहृ, shows that Patanjali gives कात्यायन as the Varttikakara (of Varttikas in small prose state- ments) and the Slokavarttika is not composed by Katyayana. As asser- tions similar to those made by other writers are quoted with the names of their authors ( भारद्वाजीयाः, सौनागाः, कोष्ट्रियाः etc.) in the Maha- bhasya, it is evident that the Varttikas quoted in the Maha- bhasya- (even excluding the Slokavarttikas) did not all belong to Katyayana. For details see pp. 193-200, Vol. VII, Vyakarana Mahabhasya, D. E. Society's Edition.