Sambandha And Abhisambandha

SR No.: 269561
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ashok Aklujkar
Publisher: Ashok Aklujkar
Total Pages: 9
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SAMBANDHA AND ABHISAMBANDHA
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in the case of the second passage. Then, however, his initial statement declaring equivalance of abhisambandha, ānupūrvī, and ānupūrvya must be deemed to be ill-considered (see note 1). Also, the specific sense newly attached to abhisambandha does not fit the first MB. passage. A statement of the form "Of the derived words, word order in general comes about as in ähara pätram and patram ähara" either does not make sense or can only be taken to mean that a grammatical or semantic relationship comes about among the words delivered by the Astādhyāyi. Furthermore, if there is no evidence to support the understanding of abhisaribandha as 'order' or 'word order,' there is even less evidence to support its understanding as 'word order in general,' unless "word order in general" is simply another way of conveying the notion 'a grammatical or semantic connection."
4.1. I suppose it is abundantly clear from the preceding paragraphs that no technical or grammatical distinction of any kind exists between sambandha and abhisambandha and that it is wrong to specify lack of interest in abhisambandha as something that had a delimiting influence on Grammar. It is more probable that the Sanskrit Grammarians, either beginning with Panini or under the influence of Panini, generally entertained a different notion of what Grammar was supposed to achieve, particularly about the kind of sentences Grammar was expected to derive (Aklujkar 1988: note 5), and that it is this notion which resulted in an absence of detailed and sustained studies. of the phenomenon of word order.
4.2. The appearance of, and to some extent the preference for, adbhisambandha when its equally non-technical colleague sambandha can convey its meaning seems to be due to the sensitivity which early Sanskrit authors had for the shades of meaning expressed by the upasargas or prefixes.
As the situation was probably perceived as one in which word 'X' turned to thing 'x' or word 'Y' for effecting a connection, it was perhaps felt that an addition of the prefix abhi, which indicates 'facing' or 'looking in the direction of,' was appropriate.
There is some evidence to this effect in Pa's and B's usage. A preference for abhisam + bandh, over the simpler sam + bandh, may