Amrita Collected Papers by A M Ghatage

SR No.: 006968
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jitendra B Shah
Publisher: Kasturbhai Lalbhai Smarak Nidhi Ahmedabad
Total Pages: 530
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 10 MB

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Systematics of Panini's Astädhyāyi
for them two UP, ga: consisting of roots 1.777-799 and a subgroup C4: The महाभाष्य on vii. 2.59 न वद्भ्यश्चतुर्भ्यः points out the significance of the word चतुर्भ्यः as excluding the root कृप् which is included in the group वृत्तादि Here the word af can be safely omitted because of the word : following it. Once it is dropped here it is also dropped in 1.3.92 वृद्भ्यः स्यसनो: where it is required for the optional use of 34 which is a condition for the operation of the later rule vii.2.59. Once this procedure is accepted it was possible to drop af in 1.3.91 on the basis of iii.1.55 giving rise to : in place of द्युतादिभ्यः. It is less likely that आदि is not used in the earlier सूत्र but has been used in a later one. There is no other case where the plural of a root is used as an indicator of a and it is inherently unlikely in view of the original conditions of its usage.
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If these observations have any validity, it is clear that the systematics of Panini's grammar is not only due to consolidation of the works of earlier grammarians but is also the effect of a reworking of his text by later scholars. They formulated additional principles and observed further linguistic material and reworked on the text in the light of these principles so carefully as not to leave any trace of the original position. This had the further effect that the newer text could not be understood without the assumptions of these new principles and then it was as easy and convincing argument that they were intended by Pänini himself. This very tendency has given rise to the later non-Päninian systems of Sanskrit grammar.
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Systematics of पाणिनि's अष्टाध्यायी
Proceedings of the International Seminar on Pāņini