कात्यायन

kātyāyana

m. « descendant of Kati» (seeﾠ 2. kati),

N. of the author of several treatises on ritual, grammar, etc.
Hariv. 1461 and 1768 R. II, 67, 2 VPrāt. Yājñ. I, 4 ;
(he is alsoﾠ author of the Vārttikas orﾠ critical annotations on the aphorisms of Pāṇini, of the Yajur-veda Prātiṡākhya, andﾠ of the Ṡrauta-sūtras, andﾠ is identified with Vara-ruci, the author of the Prākṛita-prakāṡa);
(ī́) f. N. of one of the two wives of Yājñavalkya ṠBr. ;
of a Pravrājikā Kathās. ;
of Durgā Hariv. Lalit. Prab. ;
a middle-aged widow dressed in red clothes L. ;
mf (ī)n. composed by Kātyāyana
- कात्यायनतन्त्र
- कात्यायनमाहात्म्य
- कात्यायनसूत्र