Talk:Varāruci
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By Swami Harshananda
Varāruci is the name of quite a few persons. The Śrautasutras of Gobhila was also known as the Puspasutras. According to some scholars, it had a South Indian recension known as Phulusutras, attributed to Varāruci, either as the author or as the editor. There was one Vararuci among the ‘Navaratnas’[1] well-known scholars, in the court of the king Vikramāditya.
Kātyāyana, the grammarian who composed the vārttika[2] on the sutras of Pāṇini[3] was also known as Varāruci. The earliest grammar of the Prākṛt language, the Prākrtaprakāśa, was the work of a Varāruci. However very little is known about these Varāruci.
References[edit]
- The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore