Grammatical Riddles from Jain Works

Author(s): Nalini Balbir
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Nalini Balbir
Jambu-jyoti
prescribing the use of the instrumental case (trtīyā) “(with words) having the meaning "with" is taught there :
sahärthena (1.3.129 = sūtra 20 in the vibhakti-section of Abhayacandrasūri's commentary)
c. sahārthena yuktát trtīyā bhavati. putrena sahāgatah putrena saha sthulah, putrena sardham, putrena sākam, putrena samam, putrena satrā, putrenāmā bhunkte45
(ii) Prakriya designates one of the commentaries on the Jainendravyākarana, for instance Śrutakīrti's Pañcavastuprakriyā or the Sabdarnavaprakriyā based on Somadeva's Sabdārnavacandrikā. This is not impossible because the sūtra sahārthena is also attested in the Jainendra 1.4.30.
The solution could come from another verse of the AC, identified by the editor of the text as "a mangala-verse of Sākatāyana's Prakriyā", but this verse is unfortunately not traceable in any of the sources consulted by me46
As for the sūtra itself, a comparison of śāk, with the corresponding aphorism in Panini saha-yukte 'pradhane (2.3.19) confirms F. Kielhorn's conclusions regarding the relation of the two works : Śākațāyana's "pathological concern for economizing the number of syllables", his way of incorporating material from the commentaries (Katyāyana or Patañjali), but, at the same time, his manner of simplifying the matter by removing a specification which he probably considered as having minimal importance (apradhane). Similarly, a comparison with the corresponding sūtras in the Candravyākarana and in Hemacandra's work shows Śåkatāyana's indebtedness to Candragomin (where sahārthena is sūtra 2.1.65) and Hemacandra's indebtedness to sākatāyana (Hemac. 2.2.45 has sahārthe)47
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14. Although less frequently, metrics is like grammar a field of knowledge referred to in riddles. In the following instance
... rucirā kā satäm vrtta-jätih ? (JP 69)
Which is the kind of metre that connoisseurs find beautiful ?, the selection of the right answer among many possibilities, namely mālinī, is determined by the next question.