Mahābhāṣya Dīpikā
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Mahābhāṣya Dīpikā is an influential Sanskrit grammatical commentary by the philosopher-linguist Bhartṛhari on Patañjali’s Mahābhāṣya.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mahabhashya of Patanjali | 1 |
| Mahābhāṣya Dīpikā canonical | 1 |
| Mahābhāṣya of Patañjali | 1 |
| Patañjali’s Mahābhāṣya | 1 |
| महाभाष्यदीपिका | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5126290 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mahābhāṣya Dīpikā Context triple: [Bhartṛhari, notableWork, Mahābhāṣya Dīpikā]
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A.
Sri Bhashya
Sri Bhashya is Ramanujacharya’s authoritative Sanskrit commentary on the Brahma Sutras, foundational to the Vishishtadvaita school of Vedanta philosophy.
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B.
Anubhashya
Anubhashya is a Sanskrit commentary on the Brahma Sutras composed by the Hindu philosopher Vallabhacharya, foundational to the Pushtimarg (Path of Grace) tradition.
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C.
Brahma Sutra Bhashya
Brahma Sutra Bhashya is Adi Shankaracharya’s influential commentary on the Brahma Sutras that systematically expounds the non-dualistic philosophy of Advaita Vedanta.
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D.
Nyayabhashya
Nyayabhashya is an influential ancient Indian philosophical commentary that systematizes and explains the foundational texts of the Nyaya school of logic.
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E.
Aṣṭādhyāyī
Aṣṭādhyāyī is an ancient and highly systematic Sanskrit grammar treatise that forms the foundational work of the grammatical tradition attributed to the scholar Pāṇini.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mahābhāṣya Dīpikā Target entity description: Mahābhāṣya Dīpikā is an influential Sanskrit grammatical commentary by the philosopher-linguist Bhartṛhari on Patañjali’s Mahābhāṣya.
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A.
Sri Bhashya
Sri Bhashya is Ramanujacharya’s authoritative Sanskrit commentary on the Brahma Sutras, foundational to the Vishishtadvaita school of Vedanta philosophy.
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B.
Anubhashya
Anubhashya is a Sanskrit commentary on the Brahma Sutras composed by the Hindu philosopher Vallabhacharya, foundational to the Pushtimarg (Path of Grace) tradition.
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C.
Brahma Sutra Bhashya
Brahma Sutra Bhashya is Adi Shankaracharya’s influential commentary on the Brahma Sutras that systematically expounds the non-dualistic philosophy of Advaita Vedanta.
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D.
Nyayabhashya
Nyayabhashya is an influential ancient Indian philosophical commentary that systematizes and explains the foundational texts of the Nyaya school of logic.
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E.
Aṣṭādhyāyī
Aṣṭādhyāyī is an ancient and highly systematic Sanskrit grammar treatise that forms the foundational work of the grammatical tradition attributed to the scholar Pāṇini.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sanskrit grammatical commentary
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linguistic commentary ⓘ philosophical text ⓘ work on Sanskrit grammar ⓘ |
| associatedConcept | sphoṭa theory ⓘ |
| associatedWithSchool | Bhartṛhari’s school of linguistic philosophy ⓘ |
| author | Bhartṛhari ⓘ |
| commentaryOn | Mahābhāṣya ⓘ |
| commentaryOnWorkOf | Patañjali ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
interpretation of Patañjali’s grammatical arguments
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philosophical implications of grammatical analysis ⓘ |
| genre | śāstra commentary ⓘ |
| influenced |
Indian philosophy of language
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later Sanskrit grammatical commentaries ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Patañjali’s Mahābhāṣya
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linked to:
Mahābhāṣya
Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī ⓘ
linked to:
Aṣṭādhyāyī
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| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed exegesis of Patañjali’s Mahābhāṣya
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integration of grammar and philosophy of language ⓘ |
| period | classical Sanskrit period ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin |
Indian subcontinent
ⓘ
linked to:
South Asia
|
| relatedWork | Vākyapadīya ⓘ |
| religiousCulturalContext | Hindu intellectual tradition ⓘ |
| scholarlyField |
Vyākaraṇa
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linked to:
Vyākaraṇa (Sanskrit grammatical tradition)
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| script | Devanāgarī (in most modern editions) ⓘ |
| subject |
Sanskrit grammar
ⓘ
linguistic theory ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ |
| textType | prose commentary ⓘ |
| titleInSanskritScript |
महाभाष्यदीपिका
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linked to:
Mahābhāṣya Dīpikā
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| tradition | Pāṇinian grammatical tradition ⓘ |
| usedIn | traditional Sanskrit grammatical education ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Mahābhāṣya Dīpikā Description of subject: Mahābhāṣya Dīpikā is an influential Sanskrit grammatical commentary by the philosopher-linguist Bhartṛhari on Patañjali’s Mahābhāṣya.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Mahābhāṣya Dīpikā
linked to: Mahābhāṣya Dīpikā
linked to: Mahābhāṣya Dīpikā