nava vyAkaraNas

[karthik76]

Can someone shed some light on what the nava vyAkaraNas are?
Thanks in advance.

[kmrasika]

Quote from: http://www.kamakoti.org/hindudharma/part7/chap3.htm

There are said to be nine [notable] Sanskrit grammar works, "nava- vyakarana". Hanuman is believed to have learned them from the sun god. Sri Rama praises him as "nava-vyakarana -vetta ". One of these nine works is Aindram authored by Indra. It is said that the basic Tamil grammar book, the Tolkappiyam, follows Aindram.

Also, cf MD's "pavnAtmaja Agaccha" (nATTa)

nava vyAkaraNa nipuNa nava vidhAntaH karaNa

[prashant]

The nArAyaNa tIrtha tarangam 'Siva Siva bhava sharaNam' contains the line 'navavyAkaraNa svabhAva shiva nArAyaNa tIrtha dEvA'

[karthik76]

Here's another link. I don't know if the schools of grammar correspond to the vyAkaraNas -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schools_of ... it_grammar

[vgvindan]

Sage Panini is said to have composed this science too in Sutras by the grace of Lord Maheswara. It deals with the correct usage of Vedic words and contains exhaustive rules of grammar. It consists of eight chapters and is for that reason called Ashtadhyayi and contains 3996 Sutras. Muni Katyayana wrote a metrical commentary called Vartika on the Sutras of Panini and sage Patanjali has written a commentary on the latter called Mahabhashya (great commentary).

Apart from this specific Vedic grammar, there are references to other grammatical works like Maha Vyakarana, Aindra, Chandra, Shakatayana, Sphotayana, Poushkara, Saraswata, Kaumara, etc., besides others written in the Prakrit dialect of Sanskrit.

http://www.hinduism.co.za/vedas-.htm

Panini himself has mentioned the names of ten grammarians – Apishali, Kashyapa, Gargya, Galava, Chakraverman, Bharadwaj, Shakatayana, Shakalya, Shonaka and Sphotayana.

http://www.sanskrit.nic.in/ABOUTSANSKRIT1.htm