वार्त्तिक [ vārttika ] [ vārttika ] m. f. n. ( fr. [ vārttā ] and [ vṛtti ] ) skilled in a profession or business (= [ vṛttau sādhuḥ ] or [ vṛttim adhīte veda vā ] ) g. [ kathādi ]

  and g. [ ukthādi ]

  relating to news , bringing or conveying intelligence Lit. W.

  explanatory , glossarial , containing or relating to a critical gloss or annotation (see n.)

  [ vārttika ] m. a businessman , trader Lit. Kathās.

  an emissary , envoy Lit. MBh.

  one who knows antidotes , conjurer , physician Lit. L.

  the egg-plant Lit. L.

  [ vārttikā ] f. business , trade (ifc. = occupied with , practising) Lit. MBh. Lit. BhP.

  [ vārttika ] m. a sort of quail ( prob. w.r. for [ vārtikā ] q.v.)

  n. an explanatory or supplementary rule , critical gloss or annotation (added to a grammatical or philosophical Sūtra and defined to be " the exposition of the meaning , of that which is said , of that which is left unsaid , and of that which is ill or imperfectly said " ; the term Vārttika is , however , especially applied to Kātyāyana's critical annotations on the aphorisms of Pāṇini's grammar , the object of which is to consider whether Pāṇini's rules are correct or not , and to improve on them where this may be found to be necessary ; and also to similar works on various matters by Kumārila , Surêśvara ; cf. [ tantra-v ] , [ śloka-v ] )

  a marriage feast Lit. L.