Sandesha Rasaka

SR No.: 002918
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Abdul Rahman, Jinvijay, H C Bhayani
Publisher: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Publication Year: 1945
Total Pages: 282
Language: Sanskrit, English
Classification: Book_Devnagari & Literature
File Size: 17 MB

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GRAMMAR
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In dealing with the orthography of the Sr., the following cases come for consideration :
Nasalisation § 2. As remarked at the outset, one and the same case-ending is at times nasalised, at times the Aņunāsika is Wanting. Only the statistical method can help to bring order into this state and to decide the dominant or preferred tendency. The question of nasalisation arises in connexion with the following forms:
(1) Locatives and instrumentals. The figures for the nasalised and unasalised cases are?:
in of
in orang loc. plur.
13
13 instr. » loc. sing,
15 instr. »
11
11 A few of these cases can perhaps be transferred from the singular to the plural or vice versa, because their context is pot helpful in deciding one way or the other.
$ 3. In bringing out the significance of the figures given above, some special remarks are called forth. The state of atlairs regarding the orthography of the Mss. of the Sr. is in a way quite different from that of the Mss, of the Hr. In the case of the latter text the Mss. disagree among themselves regarding the spelling of a form at its each particular occurrence in the text, though, taken by itself each particular Ms, is for the most part consistent in spelling that form. Thus, for example, in one Ms, of the Hp, styled A, the ending of the gen, and the loc, sing. of the feminine 3-stems and of all the sand 3-stems is mostly written fe, while the Mss, styled B and C have almost always instead. Now in contrast to this the Mss. of the Sr. show, barring insignificant exceptions, complete agreement in spelling a form at its one particular occurrence. Thus, for a form occurring at a particular place in the text,
Hero as elsewhere below, the figures giving the number of timos a particular type of forms is attested in the Sr. are to be taken approximately, since at several places the text was found obscure or uncertain of interpretation,