https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=V%C4%81rttikak%C4%81ra 2026-08-29T15:20:56Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=V%C4%81rttikak%C4%81ra&diff=43610&oldid=prev 2019-07-18T19:24:41Z

<p><span class="autocomment">top: </span>Date formats</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}<br /> A &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IAST|vārttikakāra}}&#039;&#039;&#039; ({{lang-sa|वार्त्तिककार}}, {{IPA-sa|ʋaːɽttɪkɐkaːɽɐ|IPA}}, &#039;&#039;Commentator&#039;&#039;), in Indian [[Vyakarana|linguistics]] and [[Indian philosophy|philosophy]], is a person who wrote a critical commentary or a gloss on a given grammatical or philosophical work.<br /> <br /> Monier Williams Dictionary defines Vārttikakāra as a composer of vārttikas. A &#039;&#039;&#039;vārttika&#039;&#039;&#039; is defined as a single remark or a whole work attempting to present a detailed commentary. The word vārttik- derives from {{IAST|vṛtti}}, either in the sense of &#039;the turning ({{IAST|vṛt}}) of sūtra-formulation into a fully worded paraphrase&#039; or, in the sense of &#039;procedure (of the teaching)&#039;.&lt;ref&gt;Review: The Sanskrit Language, [[Paul Thieme]], Language, Vol. 31, No. 3. (Jul. - Sep., 1955), p. 429.&lt;/ref&gt; According to the Indian tradition, the purpose of a vārttika is to enquire into what has been said (&#039;&#039;ukta&#039;&#039;), what has not been said (&#039;&#039;anukta&#039;&#039;), and what has not been said clearly (&#039;&#039;durukta&#039;&#039;).&lt;ref&gt;Suresvara&#039;s Vartika on Jyotis Brahmana -edited, translated and annotated by K.P. Jog and Shoun Hino. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 2001, {{ISBN|81-208-1756-7}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Famous Vārttikakāras==<br /> * [[Sureśvara]] is the commentator of the [[Advaita]] [[Vedanta]] school. His famous commentaries include the Bŗhadāraņyakopanişad-bhāşya-vārttika and the Taittirīya-vārttika.<br /> * [[Katyayana]] is identified as the Vārttikakāra of [[Vyākaraṇa|Indian linguistics]],&lt;ref&gt;&quot;On the identity of the Varttikakara&quot;, [[Paul Thieme]], Indian culture 4 (1938), pp. 189-209&lt;/ref&gt; who wrote commentaries on {{IAST|[[Pāṇini]]}}&#039;s [[Pāṇini#The Ashtadhyayi|{{IAST|Aṣṭādhyāyi}}]].<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Indian Philosophy}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Varttikakara}}<br /> [[Category:Indian philosophy]]<br /> [[Category:Vyakarana]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{India-linguist-stub}}</div>

>Rich Farmbrough