The Kathāsaritsāgara mentions Kātyāyana as another name of Vararuci, a re-incarnation of Lord Shiva's gana or follower Pushpadanta. The story also mentions him learning grammar from Shiva's son Kartikeya which is corroborated in the Garuda Purana where Kartikeya (also called Kumara) teaches Katyayana the rules of grammar in a way that it could be understood even by children.[4] It may be that his full name was in fact Vararuci Kātyāyana.[5]
Relation to Goddess KatyayiniEdit
In texts like Kalika Purana, it is mentioned that he worshipped Mother Goddess to be born as his daughter hence she came to be known as Katyayani or the "daughter of Katyayan" who is worshipped on the sixth day of Navratri festival.[6] According to the Vamana Purana once the gods had gathered together to discuss the atrocities of the demon Mahishasura and their anger manifested itself in the form of energy rays. The rays crystallized in the hermitage of Kātyāyana Rishi, who gave it proper form therefore she is also called Katyayani. [7]
WorksEdit
He is known for two works:
The Vārttikakāra, an elaboration on Pāṇini grammar. Along with the Mahābhāṣya of Patañjali, this text became a core part of the Vyākaraṇa (grammar) canon. This was one of the six Vedangas, and constituted compulsory education for students in the following twelve centuries.
He also composed one of the later Śulbasūtras, a series of nine texts on the geometry of altar constructions, dealing with rectangles, right-sided triangles, rhombuses, etc.[8]
ViewsEdit
Kātyāyana's views on the sentence-meaning connection tended towards naturalism. Kātyāyana believed, that the word-meaning relationship was not a result of human convention. For Kātyāyana, word-meaning relations were siddha, given to us, eternal. Though the object a word is referring to is non-eternal, the substance of its meaning, like a lump of gold used to make different ornaments, remains undistorted, and is therefore permanent.[citation needed]
Realizing that each word represented a categorization, he came up with the following conundrum (following Bimal Krishna Matilal):
"If the 'basis' for the use of the word 'cow' is cowhood (a universal) what would be the 'basis' for the use of the word 'cowhood'[citation needed]?
Clearly, this leads to infinite regress. Kātyāyana's solution to this was to restrict the universal category to that of the word itself — the basis for the use of any word is to be the very same word-universal itself."
This view may have been the nucleus of the Sphoṭa doctrine enunciated by Bhartṛhari in the 5th century, in which he elaborates the word-universal as the superposition of two structures — the meaning-universal or the semantic structure (artha-jāti) is superposed on the sound-universal or the phonological structure (śabda-jāti).
In the tradition of scholars like Pingala, Kātyāyana was also interested in mathematics. Here his text on the sulvasutras dealt with geometry, and extended the treatment of the Pythagorean theorem as first presented in 800 BCE by Baudhayana.[9]
^Winternitz, Moriz (1920). Geschichte der indischen Literatur. Bd. 3: Die Kunstdichtung. Die wissenschaftliche Litteratur. Neuindische Litteratur. Nachträge zu allen drei Bänden. Leipzig: Amelang. p. 391.
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For the Buddhist monk see Katyayana Buddhist This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this article Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Katyayana news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2008 Learn how and when to remove this template message Katyayana क त य यन also spelled as Katyayana est c 6th to 3rd century BCE 1 2 3 was a Sanskrit grammarian mathematician and Vedic priest who lived in ancient India KatyayanaBornest 6th to 3rd century BCEDeccan Southern IndiaAcademic workEraVedic periodMain interestsSanskrit grammarian mathematician and Vedic priestNotable worksVarttikakara Vyakarana later Sulbasutras Contents 1 Origins 2 Relation to Goddess Katyayini 3 Works 4 Views 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksOrigins EditAccording to some legends citation needed he was born in the Katya lineage originating from Vishwamitra thus citation needed called Katyayana The Kathasaritsagara mentions Katyayana as another name of Vararuci a re incarnation of Lord Shiva s gana or follower Pushpadanta The story also mentions him learning grammar from Shiva s son Kartikeya which is corroborated in the Garuda Purana where Kartikeya also called Kumara teaches Katyayana the rules of grammar in a way that it could be understood even by children 4 It may be that his full name was in fact Vararuci Katyayana 5 Relation to Goddess Katyayini EditIn texts like Kalika Purana it is mentioned that he worshipped Mother Goddess to be born as his daughter hence she came to be known as Katyayani or the daughter of Katyayan who is worshipped on the sixth day of Navratri festival 6 According to the Vamana Purana once the gods had gathered together to discuss the atrocities of the demon Mahishasura and their anger manifested itself in the form of energy rays The rays crystallized in the hermitage of Katyayana Rishi who gave it proper form therefore she is also called Katyayani 7 Works EditHe is known for two works The Varttikakara an elaboration on Paṇini grammar Along with the Mahabhaṣya of Patanjali this text became a core part of the Vyakaraṇa grammar canon This was one of the six Vedangas and constituted compulsory education for students in the following twelve centuries He also composed one of the later Sulbasutras a series of nine texts on the geometry of altar constructions dealing with rectangles right sided triangles rhombuses etc 8 Views EditKatyayana s views on the sentence meaning connection tended towards naturalism Katyayana believed that the word meaning relationship was not a result of human convention For Katyayana word meaning relations were siddha given to us eternal Though the object a word is referring to is non eternal the substance of its meaning like a lump of gold used to make different ornaments remains undistorted and is therefore permanent citation needed Realizing that each word represented a categorization he came up with the following conundrum following Bimal Krishna Matilal If the basis for the use of the word cow is cowhood a universal what would be the basis for the use of the word cowhood citation needed Clearly this leads to infinite regress Katyayana s solution to this was to restrict the universal category to that of the word itself the basis for the use of any word is to be the very same word universal itself This view may have been the nucleus of the Sphoṭa doctrine enunciated by Bhartṛhari in the 5th century in which he elaborates the word universal as the superposition of two structures the meaning universal or the semantic structure artha jati is superposed on the sound universal or the phonological structure sabda jati In the tradition of scholars like Pingala Katyayana was also interested in mathematics Here his text on the sulvasutras dealt with geometry and extended the treatment of the Pythagorean theorem as first presented in 800 BCE by Baudhayana 9 Katyayana belonged to the Aindra School of Grammar citation needed Notes Edit www wisdomlib org 2013 06 05 Katyayana Katyayana 24 definitions www wisdomlib org Retrieved 2021 11 20 Approximate Chronology of Indian Philosophers Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Retrieved 2022 02 21 Katyayana Oxford Reference Retrieved 2022 02 21 Topic 101 Winternitz Moriz 1920 Geschichte der indischen Literatur Bd 3 Die Kunstdichtung Die wissenschaftliche Litteratur Neuindische Litteratur Nachtrage zu allen drei Banden Leipzig Amelang p 391 Forms of Durga Topic 1 Joseph 2000 p 328 Pingree 1981 p 6References EditJoseph George Gheverguese The Crest of the Peacock Non European Roots of Mathematics Pingree David Jyotihsastra Astral and Mathematical Literature Otto Harrassowitz Wiesbaden 1981 ISBN 3 447 02165 9 External links EditO Connor John J Robertson Edmund F Katyayana MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive University of St Andrews Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Katyayana amp oldid 1149732281, wikipedia, 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