vArttika a. ( kI f. ) [ vftti-Wak ] 1 Relating to news. 2 Bringing news. 3 Explanatory, glossarial. — kaH 1 An emissary, a spy. 2 A husbandman (a man of the third tribe). — kaM [ vfttirUpeRa kfto graMyaH ] An explanatory or supplementary rule which explains the meaning of that which is said, of that which is left unsaid, and of that which is imperfectly said; or a rule which explains what is said or but imperfectly said and supplies omissions; uktAnuktaduruktArTavyakti (or ciMtA ) kAritu vArttikam (the term is particularly applied to the explanatory rules of Kātyāyana on Pāṇini's Sūtras). Comp. — karaH N. of Kātyāyana.