Candragomin, Candragomi: 7 definitions
Introduction:
Candragomin means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Candragomin.
In Hinduism
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammarCandragomin (चन्द्रगोमिन्).—Named also चन्द्र (candra), a Buddhist scholar who has written an easy Sanskrit Grammar based on the Astadhyayi of Panini. He is believed to have lived in North India in the fifth century A.D. See चन्द्र (candra).
Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: ORA: A Sanskrit fragment of Candragomin’s PraṇidhānaCandragomin (चन्द्रगोमिन्) is the author of the Candragomipraṇidhāna—an important Mahāyāna text.—The fragment used here survives in a bundle of scattered leaves in the Kaiser Library, Kathmandu. [Regarding the identity of the poet-grammarian Candragomin], Prof. Michael Hahn wrote “from its style, the Candragomipraṇidhāna might also be authentic”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: The Chronological History of BuddhismCandragomin (880-800 BCE) or Chandragomin born in a Kshatriya family in Varendra region of Bangladesh. He debated with Chandrakirti for years in Nalanda. It may be noted that historians have mistakenly identified Chandragomin to be the author of Chāndra-vyakarana. Bhartrihari I, the author of Vākyapadiya refers to the treatise of Chandracharya (Chandracharyadibhih punah 2- 486). He mentions many 33 grammarians like Vaiji, Saubhava, Haryaksha and Chandracharya who started their own schools of grammar disregarding the grammar of Patanjali.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumCandragomin (चन्द्रगोमिन्) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Candravyākaraṇa. Pārāyaṇa. Quoted by Kṣīrasvāmin in Kṣīrataraṅgiṇī. Liṅgakārikā or Liṅgānuśāsana. Quoted by Purushottamadeva in Varṇadeśanā, by Ujjvaladatta and Rāyamukuṭa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryCandragomin (चन्द्रगोमिन्):—[=candra-gomin] [from candra > cand] m. Name of a grammarian (also called Candra), [Gaṇaratna-mahodadhi 2.]
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Gomi, Chandra, Candra, Gomin.
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 340 < [Volume 12 (1898)]
The Skanda-purana on the Dharana Gotra < [Purana, Volume 7, Part 1 (1965)]
Bodhisattvacharyavatara (by Andreas Kretschmar)
Text Sections 184-185 < [Khenpo Chöga’s Oral Explanations]
Text Section 67 < [Khenpo Chöga’s Oral Explanations]
Text Section 40 < [Khenpo Chöga’s Oral Explanations]
Editing the Manuscripts of Forgotten Sanskrit Texts < [Volume 80 (2020)]
Candrakirti's Pancaskandhaprakarana. I. Tibetan text < [Volume 40 (1979)]
Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
Kṣīrasvāmin and other schools of Sanskrit grammar (Introduction) < [Chapter 6 - Grammatical Aspects]
Amarakośodghāṭana (Introduction) < [Chapter 2 - Kṣīrasvāmin: Life and Works]
List of Mahabharata tribes (by Laxman Burdak)