Mahābhāṣya
E555550
Mahābhāṣya is Patañjali’s monumental and authoritative commentary on Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī, foundational to the classical Sanskrit grammatical tradition.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mahābhāṣya canonical | 3 |
| Mahābhāṣya of Patañjali | 2 |
| Patañjali’s Mahābhāṣya | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5681135 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mahābhāṣya Context triple: [Vyākaraṇa, hasCommentarialTradition, Mahābhāṣya]
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Mahābhāṣya Dīpikā
Mahābhāṣya Dīpikā is an influential Sanskrit grammatical commentary by the philosopher-linguist Bhartṛhari on Patañjali’s Mahābhāṣya.
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B.
Sri Bhashya
Sri Bhashya is Ramanujacharya’s authoritative Sanskrit commentary on the Brahma Sutras, foundational to the Vishishtadvaita school of Vedanta philosophy.
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C.
Nirukta
Nirukta is one of the six classical Vedangas of Hindu scholarship, focused on explaining the etymology and semantic interpretation of Vedic words and passages.
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D.
Aṣṭādhyāyī
Aṣṭādhyāyī is an ancient and highly systematic Sanskrit grammar treatise that forms the foundational work of the grammatical tradition attributed to the scholar Pāṇini.
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E.
Anubhashya
Anubhashya is a Sanskrit commentary on the Brahma Sutras composed by the Hindu philosopher Vallabhacharya, foundational to the Pushtimarg (Path of Grace) tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mahābhāṣya Target entity description: Mahābhāṣya is Patañjali’s monumental and authoritative commentary on Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī, foundational to the classical Sanskrit grammatical tradition.
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A.
Mahābhāṣya Dīpikā
Mahābhāṣya Dīpikā is an influential Sanskrit grammatical commentary by the philosopher-linguist Bhartṛhari on Patañjali’s Mahābhāṣya.
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B.
Sri Bhashya
Sri Bhashya is Ramanujacharya’s authoritative Sanskrit commentary on the Brahma Sutras, foundational to the Vishishtadvaita school of Vedanta philosophy.
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C.
Nirukta
Nirukta is one of the six classical Vedangas of Hindu scholarship, focused on explaining the etymology and semantic interpretation of Vedic words and passages.
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D.
Aṣṭādhyāyī
Aṣṭādhyāyī is an ancient and highly systematic Sanskrit grammar treatise that forms the foundational work of the grammatical tradition attributed to the scholar Pāṇini.
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E.
Anubhashya
Anubhashya is a Sanskrit commentary on the Brahma Sutras composed by the Hindu philosopher Vallabhacharya, foundational to the Pushtimarg (Path of Grace) tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sanskrit grammatical commentary
ⓘ
linguistic treatise ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kātyāyana’s Vārttikas
ⓘ
linked to:
Vārttika-s of Kātyāyana
|
| author | Patañjali ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | core text of the Vyākaraṇa darśana ⓘ |
| citationForm | often cited by sūtra number and bhāṣya passage ⓘ |
| commentaryOn |
Aṣṭādhyāyī
ⓘ
Pāṇini’s grammatical system ⓘ |
| covers |
morphology
ⓘ
phonology ⓘ semantics ⓘ syntax ⓘ |
| discusses |
Kātyāyana’s grammatical vārttikas
ⓘ
Pāṇini’s sūtras ⓘ
linked to:
Aṣṭādhyāyī
|
| field |
Sanskrit grammar
ⓘ
Vyākaraṇa ⓘ
linked to:
Vyākaraṇa (Sanskrit grammatical tradition)
|
| genre | śāstric commentary (bhāṣya) ⓘ |
| importanceInIndology | primary source for reconstructing early Pāṇinian tradition ⓘ |
| influenced |
Bhartṛhari
ⓘ
Kaiyaṭa’s Pradīpa ⓘ Nageśa Bhaṭṭa ⓘ later Sanskrit grammarians ⓘ |
| influenceScope |
Indian linguistics
ⓘ
Indian philosophy of language ⓘ |
| isCommentaryOnWorkBy | Pāṇini ⓘ |
| isCommentaryOnWorkTitle | Aṣṭādhyāyī ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| method |
dialectical reasoning
ⓘ
question-and-answer style argumentation ⓘ |
| philosophicalAspect | contains reflections on language and meaning ⓘ |
| preservedIn | multiple manuscript traditions ⓘ |
| region |
Indian subcontinent
ⓘ
linked to:
South Asia
|
| religiousCulturalContext | Hindu intellectual tradition ⓘ |
| scholarlyEditions | published in critical and non-critical editions by modern scholars ⓘ |
| script |
Devanāgarī (in most modern editions)
ⓘ
linked to:
Devanagari script
|
| status |
authoritative commentary in the Pāṇinian school
ⓘ
foundational text of classical Sanskrit grammar ⓘ |
| structure | organized around selected sūtras of the Aṣṭādhyāyī ⓘ |
| studiedAlongWith |
Aṣṭādhyāyī
ⓘ
Kāśikā-vṛtti ⓘ |
| textualForm | prose with some metrical passages ⓘ |
| timePeriod | circa 2nd century BCE ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | Great Commentary ⓘ |
| tradition |
Pāṇinian grammatical tradition
ⓘ
linked to:
Pāṇinian school
|
| usedIn | traditional Sanskrit grammatical education ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mahābhāṣya Description of subject: Mahābhāṣya is Patañjali’s monumental and authoritative commentary on Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī, foundational to the classical Sanskrit grammatical tradition.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Vyākaraṇa (Sanskrit grammatical tradition)
linked to: Mahābhāṣya
linked to: Mahābhāṣya
linked to: Mahābhāṣya