Plakshayana, ʱṣҲṇa, ʱṣҲԲ: 6 definitions
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Plakshayana means something in 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.
The Sanskrit terms ʱṣҲṇa and ʱṣҲԲ can be transliterated into English as Plaksayana or Plakshayana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammarʱṣҲṇa (प्लाक्षायण).—An ancient Vedic scholar who presumably wrote a work on Vedic grammar (of the type of the Pratisakhya works).For a difference of view he is quoted in the Taittiriya Pratisakhya: cf.� प्लाक्षिप्लाक्षायणये� (na ṣiplākṣāyaṇaye�) T.Pr. IX.6.

Vyakarana (व्याकर�, 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.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaʱṣҲԲ (प्लाक्षायन).—A Vaiyākaraṇa (grammarian). His opinion on Visargasandhi (a point in grammar) is described in Taittirīyaprātiśākhya.

The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumʱṣҲṇa (प्लाक्षायण) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Quoted in Taittirīyaprātiśākhya 9, 6. 14, 11. 17. 18, 5.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryʱṣҲṇa (प्लाक्षायण):—[from ṣa] m. [patronymic] [from] ṣi, [Taittirīya-prātiśākhya]
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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.
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