Shabdamanidarpana

Shabdamanidarpanam (Kannada: ಶಬ್ದಮಣಿದರ್ಪಣಮ್), also spelled Śabdamaṇidarpaṇam, is a comprehensive and authoritative work on Kannada grammar written by Kesiraja in 1260 CE.^[1]^[2] This work, which literally means "Jewel-mirror of Grammar", remains to-date a comprehensive and authoritative work on Kannada grammar. The rules here are set forth in kanda metre and is followed by a prose commentary in vrutti (illustrative commentary by the author himself) and is considered a writing of high value.^[1]^[3] Though Kesiraja followed the model of Sanskrit grammar of the Katantra school and that of earlier writings on Kannada grammar, his work has an originality of its own.^[4]

Shabdamanidarpanam is the earliest extant work of its kind, and narrates scientifically the principles of old Kannada language and is a work of unique significance.^[5]

^ ^a ^b E.P. Rice – pp 111
^ Dr. Jyotsna Kamat. "History of the Kannada Literature -III". Retrieved 1 May 2008.
^ Sastri (1955), p359
^ Sahitya Akademi (1988), p. 1476
^ Encyclopaedia of Indian literature vol. 5, Sahitya Akademi (1996), pp. 3929

[E.P.Rice,_page_111-1] E.P. Rice – pp 111

[History_of_the_Kannada_Literature_-III-2] Dr. Jyotsna Kamat. "History of the Kannada Literature -III". Retrieved 1 May 2008.

[omen-3] Sastri (1955), p359

[Sahitya_Akademi-4] Sahitya Akademi (1988), p. 1476

[Sahitya_Akademi,_1996-5] Encyclopaedia of Indian literature vol. 5, Sahitya Akademi (1996), pp. 3929

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