Talk:Vārttikakāra

Derrivation
"The word vārttik- derives from vṛtti," Almost. Vṛtti ('rolling; conduct; mode of being; etc') is an action noun that derives from the verbal root √vṛt 'to turn, to be'. In grammar a vṛtti is something that needs analysing such as a taddhita or other compound, or any word formed by adding an affix. Vārttika is a taddhita compound which adds the suffix -ka and causes vṛddhi of the root vowel, so vṛṭti > vārtti > vārtti-ka meaning 'skilled in a profession or business; explanatory, glossing etc'. According to Monier-Williams, in a grammatical context the word means "an explanatory or supplementary rule, critical gloss or annotation." The second member of the compound vārttika-kāra is from the verb root √kṛ 'to do, to make' and kāra ('a maker, a doer') is an agent noun and once again a taddhita with the suffix -a and kṛ > kār (vṛddhi). So a vārttika-kāra is one who makes a critical gloss, or just a "commentator" in the traditional Sanskrit sense. Jayarava (talk) 09:18, 30 January 2014 (UTC)