कात्यायन [ kātyāyana ] [ kātyāyana ] m. " descendant of Kati " (see 2. [ kati ] ) , N. of the author of several treatises on ritual , grammar , Lit. Hariv. 1461 and 1768 Lit. R. ii , 67 , 2 Lit. VPrāt. Lit. Yājñ. i , 4 (he is also author of the Vārttikas or critical annotations on the aphorisms of Pāṇini , of the Yajur-veda Prātiśākhya , and of the Śrauta-sūtras , and is identified with Vara-ruci , the author of the Prākṛita-prakāśa)

  [ kātyāyanī ] f. N. of one of the two wives of Yājñavalkya Lit. ŚBr.

  of a Pravrājikā Lit. Kathās.

  of Durgā Lit. Hariv. Lit. Lalit. Lit. Prab.

  a middle-aged widow dressed in red clothes Lit. L.

  [ kātyāyana ] m. f. n. composed by Kātyāyana.