Linganushasana

Author(s): Chimanlal D Dalal
Publisher: Central Library

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INTRODUCTION.
The work presented to the public in the following pages is the composition of an illustrious figure in the history of Sanskṛta Literature.
The present work-Linganuśâsana deals succinctly in thirty verses of the Aryâ metre with the genders of nouns in Sanskṛta. Two more verses in the Vasantatilakâ metre are added at the end by the author about the sources and himself. It is, as the author himself says at the end, based on the works of Vyâḍi, Vararuchi, and Chandra and on the Jainendra Vyakarana (of Devanandi alias Pujyapâda).1 The commentary, which clearly explains the aphoristic verses, is written by the author himself.
Linganusâsanas-The following is the list of the Lingânusâsanas hitherto known..
Lingânusâsana by Pânini.
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Commentary by Bhattotpala.
by Phattoji.
by Râmachandra.
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by Vararuchi.
by Chandra.
by Vâmana.
by Śâkaṭâyana.
by Harshavardhana.
Commentary-Sarvârthalakshana by Sabarasvamin.
by Hemachandra.
Vivarana by Hemachandra.
Commentary on Vivarana (Lingadurgapadaprabodha by Vallabha.)
by Durgâtman.
The author-The author of the Lingânusâsana and the commentary is Vâmana. He himself has mentioned his name in the last
verse.
We know of four works composed by Vâmana:-(1) Part of the Kasika Vṛtti, (2) Kâvyâlankârasutra and Vṛtti, (3) Lingânuśâsana, (4) Vidyadhara Vyakarana, mentioned in Vardhamâna's Gaparatna
1 व्या डिप्रणीतमथ वाररुचं सचान्द्रं जैनेन्द्रलक्षणगंतं विविधं तथान्यत् ।