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In
the stanza [in the previous chapter ] we saw that the poet calls
Siva "Candravatamsa". It means the god who has the moon
for a head ornament. "Candrasekhara" and
"Indusekhara" mean the same. Remarkably enough,
"Indusekhara" occurs in the titles of two grammatical
works. One is Sabdendusekharam, and the other
pariposendusekharam. A student who has read grammar up to
Sabdendusekharam is considered master of the subject.
If
there are thirty books on Siksa, there are any number on grammar.
Foremost among them are Panini's sutras, Patanjali's bhasya for
it and vararuci's vartika (mentioned earlier). I make this
statement in the belief that Vararuci and Katyayana are the same
person. Some think that they are not. Vararuci was one of the
"Nine gems" of Vikramaditya 's court.
Bhartrhari's
Vakyapadiyam is also an important grammatical treatise. 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.
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"Hindu Dharma" is a book
which contains English translation of certain invaluable and
engrossing speeches of Sri Sri Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi MahaSwamiji (at
various times during the years 1884 to 1994).
For a general background, please see here
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