Mahabhasya

Das Mahabhashya (Sanskrit: महाभाष्य, Iast: Mahābhāṣya, Ipa: [Mɐɦaːbʱaːʂjɐ], "großer Kommentar") ist ein Kommentar zu ausgewählten Regeln der Sanskrit Grammatik aus Pāṇinis [Ashtadhyayi|Aṣṭādhyāyī]] sowie Kātyāyanas Vārttika-sūtra und eine Ausarbeitung von Pāṇinis Grammatik, der Patañjali zugeschrieben wird. Das Werk wird auf das 2. Jahrhundert v. Chr. datiert.

Literatur

• Peter M. Scharf (1996). The Denotation of Generic Terms in Ancient Indian Philosophy: Grammar, Nyāya, and Mīmāṃsā. American Philosophical Society. pp. 1–2. ISBN 978-0-87169-863-6.
• Franz, Kielhorn (1892–1909). The Vyākaraṇa-Mahābhāṣya of Patañjali (2 ed.). Bombay: Government Central Book depot. In Sanskrit. 1885 ( PDF )
• Mahābhāṣya of Patañjali (Śrīmadbhagavat-patañjali-muni-viracitaṃ Pātañjalaṃ Mahābhāṣyam) by Patañjali (in Sanskrit), Publisher: Vārāṇasī : Vāṇīvilāsa Prakāśana, 1987–1988., OCLC: 20995237
• The Mahabhasya of Patanjali (Ahnikas I-IV) by Surendranath Dasgupta, Published by Indian Council of Philosophical Research

Weblinks

• Gretil : [https://gretil.sub.uni-goettingen.de/gretil/1_sanskr/6_sastra/1_gram/pmbhassu.htm Patanjali: Vyakaranamahabhasya (Mahabhasya)} - Based on the edition by Franz Kielhorn (Bombay 1880-1885), revised by K.V. Abhyankar (Poona 1972-1996). Input by George Cardona, formatted by Masato Kobayashi.