# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vararuchi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:51:38.569Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vararuchi"
name: "Vararuchi"
slug: "vararuchi"
description: "Vararuci is a name associated with several literary and scientific texts in Sanskrit and also with various legends in several parts of India. This Vararuci is often identified with Kātyāyana. Kātyāyana is the author of Vārtikās which is an elaboration of certain sūtrās in Pāṇini's much revered treatise on Sanskrit grammar titled Aṣṭādhyāyī. Kātyāyana is believed to have flourished in the 3rd century BCE. However, this identification of Vararuci with Kātyāyana has not been fully accepted by scholars.\nVararuci is believed to be the author of Prākrita Prakāśa, the oldest treatise on the grammar of Prākrit language.\nVararuci's name appears in a verse listing the 'nine gems' (navaratnas) in the court of one Vikramaditya. Vararuci appears as a prominent character in Kathasaritsagara, a famous 11th century collection of Indian legends, fairy tales and folk tales as retold by Somadeva."
tagline: "Indian mathematician and linguist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "-250"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           43.92
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.495646666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%86%DB%8C"
    title: "ورارچی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vararuchi"
    title: "Vararuchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF"
    title: "वररुचि"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wararuci"
    title: "Wararuci"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vararuci"
    title: "Vararuci"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%9A%E0%B4%BF"
    title: "വരരുചി"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B8"
    title: "Вараручи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%83"
    title: "वररुचिः"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF"
    title: "வரருசி"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3595700"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump