Vakyakanda, Vākyakāṇḍa: 1 definition
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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammarVākyakāṇḍa (वाक्यकाण्ड).—Name given to the second chapter of Bhartrhari's Vakyapadiya in which problems regarding the interpretation of a sentence are fully discussed.
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.
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Vakyapadiya (study of the concept of Sentence) (by Sarath P. Nath)
2. Definition of Sentence (vākya) < [Chapter 3 - The Concept of Sentence and Sentence-Meaning]
3. Sakhaṇḍa and Akhaṇḍa Schools of Sentence < [Chapter 3 - The Concept of Sentence and Sentence-Meaning]
6.2 (b). The Vākyapadīya (summary) < [Chapter 1 - The Philosophy of Language: A Bhartṛharian Perspective]