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Kātyāyana (कात्यायन) also
spelled as
Katyayana (c. 3rd
century BCE) was a
Sanskrit grammarian,
mathematician and
Vedic priest who
lived in
ancient India...
- Look up
Katyayana in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Katyayana may
refer to:
Katyayana (Buddhist), a
disciple of
Gautama Buddha Kātyāyana, an ancient...
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Kātyāyana or Mahākātyāyana (Sanskrit; Pali: Kaccāyana,
sometimes shortened to Kaccāna; also Mahākaccāna, or Mahākaccāyana) was a
disciple of
Gautama Buddha...
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several parts of India. This
Vararuci is
often identified with
Kātyāyana.
Kātyāyana is the
author of Vārtikās
which is an
elaboration of
certain sūtrās...
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likely the
Baudhayana Shulba Sutra (800-500 BCE),
while the one by
Katyayana may be
chronologically the
youngest (~300 BCE). The Gṛhyasūtras "domestic...
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crystallized in the
hermitage of
Kātyāyana Rishi, who gave it
proper form
therefore she is also
called Katyayani or "daughter of
Katyayana".
Elsewhere in
texts like...
- significant, are
those attributed to Baudhayana, Manava,
Apastamba and
Katyayana.
Their language is late
Vedic Sanskrit,
pointing to a
composition roughly...
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Indian scholars. This text was
titled as a
bhashya or "commentary" on
Kātyāyana-Pāṇini's work by Patanjali, but is so
revered in the
Indian traditions...
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geometry Eratosthenes (c. 276 BC – c. 195/194 BC) –
Euclidean geometry Katyayana (c. 3rd
century BC) –
Euclidean geometry Hero of
Alexandria (c. AD 10–70)...
- 36; 14.30) uses the term
Shastra to
refer to the prātiśākhya tradition.
Kātyāyana, Patañjali and Pāṇini's Aṣṭādhyāyī use the term. Similarly, the Vedāṅgajyotiṣa...
