Critical Review of the Old Arya Metre Restored in the Text of Itthiparinna

SR No.: 250069
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: K R Chandra
Publisher: Z_Parshvanath_Vidyapith_Swarna_Jayanti_Granth_012051.pdf
Publication Year: 1994
Total Pages: 6
Language: English
Classification: Article & Agam
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Dr. K. R. Chandra
2. Emendations by Alsdorf have disturbed the metre.
(a) One mātrā has been reduced in 7a, 8a, 130, 16a & 21a.
(b) One mātrā has been increased and unnecessary postulation of one extra syllable, short or long, is made in 19a-b & 19c-d.
3. Superfluous changes have been made by Alsdorf.
(a) changing of an anusvāra ( - ) into an anunāsika ():(i) 2a nan for na (ii) 4a & 15c him for hi.
(b) Why at the end of a pāda having originally a vowel with an anusvāra has been replaced by a vowel with an anunāsika, i. e., a long vowel changed into a short vowel when again it is to be counted as a long mātrā.
(c) Change of form was unnecessary in 20a : posehim into posesu. It reduces one mātrā. Why it should not be replaced by posesuń if locative plural is to be preferred.
(d) Emendations are required further in 6a āmantiya-ussaviyam into amantiyas osaviyar va.
To set right the 2nd gana which is defective UU- in Alsdorf's text.
4. Postulation of an extra syllable in the first half of a pāda is unwarranted. 24 a-b has 31 mātrās and therefore the postulation of one additonal syllable -
Why not cintenti be made cintenti and vāyā annam ca to vāyāe ca.
5. One word is occuring twice by oversight in 20a change vasaṁ vasam to single vasaṁ.
6. Deficiency not pointed out ( 4th gana ) 28C-d (The fourth gana has three mātrās U-only).
I shall not like to discuss all the cases suggesting my emendations but two or three typical cases will serve the purpose.
Category 1, verse no. 136, 26c-d.
Category 2, verse no. 19 a/b, 19c/d, 16 a/b and 10 c/d. Category No. 1
(1) 13 a-b. Alsdorf's text : Avi dhūyarāhi sunhāhiṁ......dhāihim aduva dāsihim.
According to Alsdorf the initial moras of the even pāda are wanting. In this pāda there are 27 mātrās only. In the Cūrņi, Agamodaya, Vaidya and Hyderabad editions suņhāhis and thāihis readings are available but Alsdorf has nasalised him in place of his. Had Aduva been changed to Aduvā to restore the missing