Panini

[DEVARAKONDA VENKATA NARAYANA SARMA]

> Is vakkaNai in tamil from vyAkaraNa? It looks so.
> Jayasinga kulakAla vizupparaiyan was associated with this temple.
> The nataraja is called kArAnai viTaGka tEvar in inscriptions.
> In JayamkoNTaar's kArAnai vizupparaiyan maTal, aatinaatan
> is praised with many sanskrit epithets. May be kArAnai
> vizupparaiyar, high Chola officials were important in fostering
> PaaNinIyam in TN.
>
> Regards,
> N. Ganesan
>
>

Lexicons give vakkaNa as the vikriti of vyAkhyAna. But perhaps it is
not impossible for it to be vikriti of vyAkaraNa. What do linguists
say?

regards,

sarma.