Shodashakarika, Ṣoḍaś: 3 definitions
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Shodashakarika means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Ṣoḍaś can be transliterated into English as Sodasakarika or Shodashakarika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammarṢoḍaś (षोडशकारिका).—An anonymous work consisting of only 16 stanzas discussing the denotation of words and that of the case-relations with a commentary by the author himself.

Vyakarana (व्याकर�, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Ṣoḍaś (षोडशकारिका) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:�ṣoḍaś� sixteen metrical rules concerning com- position and secondary derivation. Report. Xxi. Oudh. Xi, 8.
—[commentary] Ṣoḍaśvivecana. . 9.
2) Ṣoḍaś (षोडशकारिका):�ṣoḍaś� [grammatical] Peters. 6, 255 (and C.).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryṢoḍaś (षोडशकारिका):—[=ṣoḍaś-] [from ṣoḍaśa > ṣa�] f.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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