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## Introduction
This is concise. The Jain grammar uses abbreviations for many terms, making it easier to use. Compare this to Panini's grammar.
Jainendra grammar uses short, long, and prolonged sounds. It uses the same sounds for nasal sounds. It uses the terms "guna" and "vriddhi" (vowel changes). It uses the terms "nistha" and "pratipadika" (stems).
The grammar uses abbreviations, special constructions, and omissions, which makes the sutras (rules) concise. For example, in Panini's grammar:
**Panini's Grammar:**
* **झरो झरि सवर्णे** (jharo jhari savarne)
* **झरो झरि स्वे हलो यमा यमि लोप:** (jharo jhari sve halo yama yami lopa:)
* **हलो यमा यमि खम् तुल्यास्यप्रयत्न सवर्णम्** (halo yama yami kham tulyasyaprayatna savarnam)
* **सस्थान क्रियं स्वम् ऊकालोऽज्झस्वदीर्घप्लुतः** (sasthana kriyam svam ukalodjjhasvadirghapluta:)
* **आकालोऽच् प्रदीपः** (akalo'c pradipa:)
**Jainendra Grammar:**
* **सिद्धिरनेकान्तात।** (siddhiranekantat)
The first sutra of this grammar is "siddhiranekantat." Somdeva Suri explains this in his commentary, "Shabdarnavacandrika," saying that the meaning of words and their understanding depend on anekantavada (the doctrine of many-sidedness). This is because words have the characteristics of existence and non-existence, permanence and impermanence, and qualifier and qualified. This sutra applies to the entire text. If we don't accept anekantavada, then we can't determine what is the beginning and what is the end, what is similar and what is different.
The grammarians believe in the "sphota" theory, which states that words are eternal and their sound is produced by the contact of the tongue and other organs. However, this is not true. The sounds like "a" and words like "ghata" (pot) and "pata" (cloth) don't exist in the sky, nor are they qualities of the sky. They are produced by the combination of different sounds and disappear over time. Therefore, according to the grammarians, they cannot be considered eternal. They are eternal in relation to the pudgala dravya (matter), but they are impermanent in relation to the paryaya (modes). It is clear that Acharya Pujyapada wrote the first sutra, "siddhiranekantat," to express this idea.
The way words are defined in grammar, the terms and suffixes used, are not absolute. They are just one way of explaining the language. This is why different grammarians have used different terms and processes to explain the formation of words. Despite this, many scholars insist on specific suffixes and methods for word formation. It is possible that Acharya Pujyapada wrote the sutra "siddhiranekantat" to reject this one-sided approach.
Acharya Pujyapada mentions the views of six teachers in his Jainendra grammar: Bhootbali, Shridatta, Yashobhdra, Prabhachandra, Samantabhadra, and Siddhasena. As far as we know, none of them wrote a grammar. The views of these teachers that are mentioned in the text...