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Mk. 3. q uifafa (Rules of the conjunct consonants ) 4. pantuffate ( Diverse rules ) 5. gafafa ( Rules of declension ) - 6. Parati ( Rules of conjugation ) 7. Arguitutâ ( Substitute of verbal roots ) 8. faralara ( Rules of the indeclinables )
77. Though Mk has not expressed his indebtedness to Hc, there are traces to show that he consulted the grammar of Hc while composing his own. The dhātvadesa section of Hc is more extensive than that of Mk or of any other grammarian of the Eastern School, Rt in two places ( I. 8 & 14 ) refers to Sākalya's view regarding particular substitution of roots. Closing his dhātavādesa section he again says that there are other alternative forms of roots according to Sūkalya-Māņdavya and similarly there are forms according to Kātyāyana:
घातुस्वरूपाण्यपराणि पक्षे शाकल्यमाण्डव्यमतानुगानि । Arargatafa Hà Teva Tuê 2717497 Pk 1. 8.42
Mk's dhātvādesas mostly agree with those of Rt and Pu. Even then he has some affinity with Ho particularly in this section. It is likely that all of them had their common source Sākalya, but while Hc added more substitutes of roots to what he had already learnt from Sākalya’s grammar, the grammarians of Mk's group remained content in adhering to the forms mostly taught by Śākalya alone. The following parallels between Hc and Mk in matters including dhātvadesa may be cited as examples:
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