Shivasutra, Śūٰ: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śūٰ can be transliterated into English as Sivasutra or Shivasutra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammarŚūٰ (शिवसूत्र).—Name given to the fourteen small sutras giving the alphabet which Panini took as the basis of his grammar. The Sivasutras have got a well-known explanation in Verse, named नन्दिकेश्वरकारिक� (ԲԻ徱ś) on which there is a commentary of the type of Bhasya by उपमन्य� (upamanyu). The origin of the Sivasutra given by the writer of the Karika is summed up in the stanza -नृत्तावसान� नटराजराज� ननाद ढक्कां नवपञ्चवारम� � उद्धर्तुकामः सनकादि-सिद्धानेतद� विमर्श� शिवसूत्रजालम� � (nṛttāvasāne naṭarājarājo nanāda ḍhakkā� navapañcavāram | uddhartukāma� sanakādi-siddhānetad vimarśe śsūtrajālam ||) Nand. 1.

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: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚūٰ (शिवसूत्र).—[neuter] [plural] [Name] of cert. grammatical & philosophical aphorisms.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Śūٰ (शिवसूत्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—See Spandasūtra.
2) Śūٰ (शिवसूत्र):—by Vasugupta. Hall. p. 196. Report. Xxxiii. Clxvii. Np. V, 86. Ix, 60. X, 60. Mysore. 5. Bp. 77.
‰ڳdzԳٲ K. 52.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Śūٰvimarśinī by Kṣemarāja. Hall. p. 197. 196. K. 132. Oudh. Ix, 24. Sb. 398.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Vārttika by Bhāskarācārya. Report. Clxvii. Clxxi. Bp. 78. 270.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Vārttika by Varadarāja. Mysore. 5 (and Tātparyānvayadīpikā).
Śūٰ has the following synonyms: Spandasūtra.
3) Śūٰ (शिवसूत्र):—by Vasugupta.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Śūٰvimarśinī by Kṣemarāja. Oudh. Xxi, 170. Stein 226. 361.
Śūٰ has the following synonyms: Spandasūtra.
4) Śūٰ (शिवसूत्र):—by Vasugupta. Ulwar 596.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Kṣemarāja. ibid.
Śūٰ has the following synonyms: Spandasūtra.
5) Śūٰ (शिवसूत्र):—Quoted by Utpala in Spandapradīpikā.
6) Śūٰ (शिवसूत्र):—by Vasugupta. C. Śūٰvimarśinī by Rājānaka Kṣemarāja. Ak 807. Bd. 731. Hpr. 2, 216. Hz. 1185.
Śūٰ has the following synonyms: Spandasūtra.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śūٰ (शिवसूत्र):—[=ś-ūٰ] [from ś] n. (cf. 貹Ի岹-ūٰ) Name of the aphorisms of the Śaiva philosophy (attributed to the god Śiva), [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of the 14 Sūtras with which Pāṇini opens his grammar (containing a peculiar method of arranging the alphabet or alphabetical sounds, said to have been communicated to him by the god ڰ)
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusŚūٰ (ಶಿವಸೂತ್ರ):—[noun] = ಶಿವದಾರ [shivadara].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Shiva, Sutra, Vinayasutra.
Starts with: Shivasutrajalagrantha, Shivasutravimarshini, Shivasutravivriti.
Full-text (+74): Shivasutravimarshini, Shivasutravivriti, Pratyaharasutra, Pratyaharahnika, Varnapatha, Varna, Spandasutra, Nandikeshvarakarika, Varnavyatyaya, Samjnasutra, Ayogavaha, Prativarna, Kalabheda, Radanuk, Vyapavrikta, Shivasutrajalagrantha, Varnanarthavattva, Nivartaka, Samkhyana, Litaka.
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