# वार्त्तिककार (vārttikakāra)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/varttikakara

वार्त्तिककार (vārttikakāra) is a Sanskrit word meaning of a poet.

- **SLP1:** `vArttikakAra`  **IAST:** vārttikakāra  **Devanagari:** वार्त्तिककार
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C4%81rttikak%C4%81ra
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/varttikakara/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Other (2 definitions)
- an author of Varttikas, specifically a title of Katyayana and Kumarila  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 945,2] वार्त्तिक (vārttika) — कार (—kāra) m. ‘composer of Vārttikas’, N. of Kātyāyana, Kumārila &c., Cat. [ ID=191935 ]
- of a poet  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a poet, ib. [ ID=191936 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

The Sanskrit Lexicon app for iPhone, iPad and Mac: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sanskrit-lexicon-dictionary/id6746787546