Jain Journal 1968 04

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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Siddha-Hema consists of 4685 sutras distributed in eight chapters The eighth chapter deals, as already stated, with Prakrit and Apabharmsa dialects and comprises 1119 sutras The contents of the other seven chapters are as follows
Chapter I, sutras 241, deals with definitions, sandhis and declensions. Chapter II, sutras 460, deals with syntax (kāraka and vibhakti), visargasandhi, regulation of n and and feminine suffixes $ Chapter III, sutras 520, deals with compounds and auxiliary rules, rules regulating ātmanepada and parasmaipada, desideratives, intensives, passives and denominatives Chapter IV, sūtras 481, deals with conjugation Chapter V, sutras 498, deals with suffixes, tenses and moods Chapter VI, sutras 692 and chapter VII, sutras 673, deal with taddhita suffixes
The Brhadvṛtti incorporates the Ganapatha, the Dhatupatha as also the Unädi suffixes So with Brahdvṛttı, Sıdda-Hema is a complete grammar containing more material than any other grammar then or even now in existence Bhoja's Sarasvati-kanthabharana incorporates the ganapatha and the unadı sütras in the text Hemacandra's Ganapatha
was prepared with great care and critical acumen and it is a real contribution to the study of Sanskrit grammar in that among writers of Sanskrit grammars, only Hemacandra and Bhoja have subjected the ganas to a searching criticism The only other printed work on the ganas is the famous Ganaratna-mahodadhi of Vardhamana (1140 AD)
Hemacandra's Dhātupātha is also unique in the sense that it is the only list of verbal roots arranged throughout in alphabetical order (of the penultimate letter) It consists of 1980 roots, thirty seven more than the Paninian list (Siddhānta-kaumudi version) It is based on Paninian Dhatupatha but with modifications both regarding the form of the roots and their meanings It is much fuller than that of Sakatayana's DhatuPatha Hemacandra's comments as usual are critical and thorough and refer to sources not available now
The Unädi Sutras are the most comprehensive in existence They account for about 4000 words as against 2000 in Bhojaraja's work The suffixes are arranged scientifically, that is, in alphabetical order ◄
Hemacandra's Linga-kārikās (128 couplets), as may be expected, deal with many more words than has been done by any other work on the subject
4 Sengupta, 'Unadı Suffixes', Journal of Asiatic Society, Vol. VI, Nos 3 & 4, 1964.