वररुचि

vará-ruci

mfn. taking pleasure in boons (N. of Ṡiva) Ṡivag. ;

m. N. of a grammarian (alsoﾠ a poet, lexicographer, andﾠ writer on medicine, sometimes identified with Kātyāyana, the reputed author of the Vārttikas orﾠ supplementary rules of the Pāṇini;
he is placed by some among the nine gems of the court of Vikramâditya, andﾠ by others among the ornaments of the court of Bhoja;
he was the author of the Prākrit grammar called Prākṛita-prakāṡa, andﾠ is said to be the first grammarian who reduced the various dialects of Prākṛit. to a system) Pañcat. Kathās. etc.;
-kārikā f. -koṡa m. prākṛiṡa-sūtra n. liṅga-kārikā, f. -vākya n. N. of wks.