Le Mahabhasya de Patañjali avec le Pradipa de Kaiyata et l'Uddyota de Nagesa - Les 5 volumes

by Pierre-Sylvain Filliozat

The Mahabhasya of Patanjali, a commentary and interpretation of Panini’s grammar, has itself been commented upon abundantly in the past and is studied in traditional Sanskrit schools to this day. This text, along with its older written commentaries and its modern oral commentaries, constitutes an important document of Indian intellectual culture. The text is translated here in French along with the Pradipa of Kaiyata (prior to 1150 A.D.), a commentary that is based on that of Bhartrhari, and the Uddyota of Nagesa (18th cent. A.D.), a commentary on the Pradipa of Kaiyata. The Uddyota was very innovative and signaled the beginning of the modern age of Indian grammar. The book does not contain the original Sanskrit texts.