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________________ lviii common language. But, Renou does not seem to have taken into consideration the fact that apart from the Sutras in which the word 'Bahulam' is mentioned, there are many more in which it is implied by Anuvrtti. Abhyankara's view is, therefore, more authentic and varifiable from the commentaries like Kasika. Jainendra also employs the term "Bahulam' (JS 1.4.129; JM 1.4.145), and sakatayana, too, does so in 12 Sutras, and declares in his Amoghavrtti that the term has been employed for the sake of following the (speech) usage (prayoganusarartham). Buddhisagara has also followed Sakatayana in the use of the term 'Bahulam' particularly with reference to the Unadis in the auto-commentary on the Sutra 'Ity unadyah' (4.1.3.4). 1.3.4 . 13. The PGBV. enjoys a unique place in the history of Sanskrit grammar in that it is the first work of its kind composed in metrical style. Not only are the rules of grammar (sutras) couched in metrical form, but all other four auxiliaries, viz., Ganapatha, Dhatupatha, Unadipatha and Linganusasana, are composed in the metrical form, and only the explanatory part of the auto-commentary is composed in the prose style. Of these the text of the verses enlisting the words of particular Gana are given in the form of verses under their respective Sutras in the auto-commentary, while that of all other auxiliaries mentioned above is given in the form of continuous verses forming a sort of a fully compact work, explained fully in the autocommentary thereon. Thus, Buddhisagara has fully fulfilled his mission of giving us a completely metrical, and in this respect a unique, grammar of the Sanskrit language, and thereby filling a serious gap in the literature of the Svetambara Jainas, since it was more conspicuous due to the existence of the works of grammar on the part of other sects of the Jainas, such as the Jainendra of Devanandin who was a Digambara and the sakatayana of Sakatayana, perhaps originally named Palyakirti, who was most probably a Yapaniya. Buddhisagara's work, is more important also due to the fact that it is the first work of grammar by a svetambara Jaina, and that it is composed prior to that of the celebrated one of Hemacandra, by at least a couple of centuries. Buddhisagara seems to have chosen the metrical mode for presenting his work on grammar with the sole intention of making it more easy to commit it to memory and thereby facilitating the Svetambara Jainas to master it thoroughly. This was in keeping with the then prevalent Paninian tradition of committing to memory all the five texts of grammar comprising the Astadhyayi, the Dhatupatha, the Ganapatha, the Unadipatha and the
| SR No. | 004311 |
| Book Title | Panchgranthi Vyakaranam |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | N M Kansara |
| Publisher | B L Institute of Indology |
| Publication Year | 2005 |
| Total Pages | 496 |
| Language | Sanskrit, Hindi |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari |
| File Size | 9 MB |