The Katantra (Sanskrit: à ¤Âà ¤¾à ¤¤à ¤¨à ¥Âà ¤¤à ¥Âà ¤°; IAST: KÃÂtantra) is a treatise on Sanskrit grammar (Vyakarana) attributed to Sharvavarman living at the time of the Satavahana dynasty.
It is a simplified and abridged version of PÃÂá¹Âini's Aá¹£á¹ÂÃÂdhyÃÂyë and divided into the chapters Sandhi, NÃÂmni Catuá¹£á¹Âaya and ÃÂkhyÃÂta.
The terms KÃÂlÃÂpa, KÃÂlÃÂpaka and KÃÂlÃÂpa-vyÃÂkaraá¹Âasà «tra refer to either the Katantra or a different version of it.
Arthur Coke Burnell compared the arrangement of the Katantra to those of the Aindra school and the TolkÃÂppiyam.