वार्तायन वार्तिका

वार्तिक

वार्तिक a. (की f.) [वृत्ति-ठक्]
1 Relating to news.
2 Bringing news.
3 Explanatory, glossarial.
−कः
1 An emissary, a spy.
2 A husbandman (a man of the third tribe).
−कं [वृत्तिरूपेण कृतो ग्रंयः]
An explanatory or supplementary rule which explains the meaning of that which is said, of that which is left unsaid, and of that which is imperfectly said; or a rule which explains what is said or but imperfectly said and supplies omissions; उक्तानुक्तदुरुक्तार्थव्यक्ति (or चिंता) कारितु वार्त्तिकम् (the term is particularly applied to the explanatory rules of Kātyāyana on Pāṇini's Sūtras).
−Comp.
−करः N. of Kātyāyana.

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