Mahapurana of Puspdanta

SR No.: 001536
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ratna N Shriyan
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1969
Total Pages: 348
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Literature
File Size: 21 MB

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NATURE OF DEŚVA ELEMENT
Concept and Scope of Deśya accepted for the purpose of the present study: This description of the origin, source and character of Deść element is based on a historical approach. But the chief purpose of the present study based on the language of Puşpadanta is more or less to extract - and study that portion of Puşpadanta's vocabulary which cannot be described as obvious and usually identifiable Tadbhavas. Hence it was necessary for us to include in our study not only the items we consider as genuine Deśya but also those that were rare, which were traditionally considered Desya or that corresponded to the words la belled as late Sanskrit by modern scholars and words which seem to depart from the usual and normal course of derivation from Sanskrit. In other words, we have enlarged the scope to include rare words in our study. For such heterogeneous material we found the following scheme of classification quite suitable. This broad classification we have suggested availing our. selves of the works and suggestions of some earlier scholars. In the very nature of things we cannot claim logical strictness or rigidity for the suggested scheme. With some arguing, one an reduce or increase a number of categories, transfer a few items from one category to another and make some minor adjustments according to one's choice and taste. But by and large we hope the scheme is quite convenient and succeeds in introducing some valid order in what passes 'under the "hold-all" name of Desya, Deśya-like and obscure words. In the material collected we have tried to distinguish different grades and classes and set apart what from a stricter point of view can be called Deść words proper. The material is broadly divided under four heads. We have separated Deśyalike items, Onomatopoetics and foreign loans from the Deśya words strictly so-called. To the group called Deśya-like items we have assigned all those words which can be partly or wholly derived from Sk.-including Tadbhavas with a changed or specialised meaning, Tadbhavas with peculiarly Prakrit suffixation, MIA analogical formations and some items from late Sk., lexical and similar sources. The detailed scheme of classification is as follows; A. Desya-like items and rare items
1. Items only derivable from Sk. 2. Tadbhavas with specialised or changed meaning. 3. Items partly derivable from Sk.
a) Items formed by Pk. suffixation. b) Analogical formation.
c) Items derived through any other mode. 4. Itens that bave corespondepts only in late Sk. lexicops and simi.
lar sources.