Sramana 2013 10

SR No.: 525086
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ashokkumar Singh
Publisher: Parshvanath Vidhyashram Varanasi
Publication Year: 2013
Total Pages: 110
Language: Hindi
Classification: Magazine, India_Sramana, & India
File Size: 14 MB

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52 Śramana, Vol. 64, No. 4, Oct.-Dec. 2013
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(8) Vrtti) by Ramalabhacarya. Mss. Baroda 1533.
(9). Comm. in verese by Venkatesh. Mss. Pul.II. p. 86 (3 mss.; inc.)
4. Prakrit Lakṣaṇa of Namisādhu of the Western School is dated earlier than Hemacandra. His commentary (CE 1069) on Kāvyālañkāra of Rudrața contains the features of Prakrit, particularly of Saurasenī, Māgadhī, Paiśācī and Apabhraṁśa. Namisādhu has commented elaborately on two gāthās of Rudraṭa (11.11-12). These two gāthās are important as these depict the opposition between Apabhramsa, of which the number of dialects gets multiplied on account of the differences in the local tounges and the unique languages according to a fixed norm. It is also significant because of the honour accorded to Prakrit. Pub. ed. Durgaprasad & K.P. Parab, Kavyamālā S. No. 2, Bombay (now Mumbai) 1911. // The text in Roman with French trans. by Luigia, Nitti Dolci, In: Less Grammarian Prakrits, Paris 1938, pp. 158-165. The Prakrit Grammarians, pp.166-173.
5. Siddhahemaśabdānuśāsana by Hemacandra (1088 CE-1172 CE ), the most important grammarian of the Western School, it treats of Prakrit grammar in 1119 sūtras, as a continuation of his Sanskrit grammar. Out of eight chapters, the last is devoted to Prakrit. This chapter is again sub-divided into four sections (pādas). The first quarter in 271 sūtras, deals with the treatment of vowels and consonants, while the second consisting of 218 sūtras deals with consonants: conjunct consonants, some suffixes, the Desi words and indeclinable. In fact, these two sections are devoted to phonetics. The third section contains rules on morphology and to some extent on syntax i.e. rules of declension, rules of syntax, conjugation and participles. The fourth section gives the Prakrit substitutes for Sanskrit roots (dhātvādeśas), and rules of the dialects, such as Śauraseni, Māgadhi, Paiśācī, Cūlikā-Paiśācī and Apabhramsa. Thus, leaving aside Arṣa, Hemacandra uses Ārṣa for Ardhamāgadhi. He