Fragments of the earliest Eastern Prakrit Grammarians

Author(s): Satyaranjan Banerjee
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FRAGMENTS OF EARLIEST EASTERN PRAKRIT GRAMMARIANS : 273
6. tvarestu to tuvarae Sakalya-mate. Vịtti under I. VIII. 1.
Eng. Tr. According to sākalya tvar will always be changed into tuvara.
7. kather hakāro'tha bhidi-cchidorndo
bhede ca Śākalyamate tayoḥ syāt// I. VIII. 14.
Eng. Tr. In the sense of piercing'(bhede) the roots bhid and chid will take nda in place of da, so says Sākalya; e. g.
V bhid > bhindai,
✓ chid > chindai. 8. Dhātu-svarūpānyaparāņi pakşe
Sākalya-Māndavya-matānugāni/ Kätyāyanasyāpi mate tathaiva
jñeyāni laksyānubhavakramena// I. VIII. 42.
Eng. Tr. Following the foot-steps of Sakalya and Mändavya there are, on the other hand, other forms of these roots; and similarly according to Kātyāyana there are other forms too. These are to be known from the usage.
9. bho ho ca Śākalyamate bhuvasca. II. I. 25.
cf. hośca Śākalyamate syát. MK. IX. 109.
Eng. Tr. (In Sauraseni) bho is substituted for the root bhū; but according to Śākalya ho can also be used. Märkandeya on Śákalya.
10. halantād id eveti Sakalyah. Vrtti under V. 30.
Eng. Tr. The feminine suffix i only takes place after a word ending in consonants-according to śākalya; (otherwise, à and i are irregularly interchanged as the final letter in feminine words ending in à]. cf. The sūtra in which he is mentioned.
āditau bahulam. MK. V. 30.
striyām nāmna uttare aditau bahulam syātām. sohaņā sohani/ suppanahá suppanahi/ rāhá rāhi/ kvacid adeva. piā/ vallahā/ asahaņā/ ahaņā/ māņiņi/ māņaṁsini/ halantād id eveti Sākalyaḥ//
cf. Vararuci aditau bahulam. V. 24 cf. also Vasantaraja's commentary where a couplet is quoted : adantāt paramākāra ikāro vyañjanād api/
ity evam vyavatişthante bahulagrahaņāt pare// GJ.V. 18