________________ Xxxviii the Svadi class, verses 83-94 of the Tudadi class, verses 95 of the Tanadi class, verses 96-99 of the Kryadi class, and verses 100-131 of the Curadi class. These verses enumerate only the roots proper, while their meanings etc., are elaborated and discussed in their immediately following auto-commentary. The Unadipatha is located in the auto-commentary on the sutra City unadyah' (4.1.3.4). It consists of 46 verses enumerating the Unadi words, which are elaborated in the auto-commentary on these verses. The author has thus incorporated all the five auxiliaries of Sanskrit grammar in his Sabda-laksma, i. e. Vyakarana and indicated the fact by calling it Pancagranthi. 7.6. The First Pada commences with a Mangala-sloka paying, respect to Jina, and the author's preceptor, and declaring that the work is a 'Sabdalaksma' composed in short metrical verses, and is meant to enlighten the beginners who have no knowledge of grammar!21, presumably of Sanskrit, and perhaps of Prakrit, too. The second verse makes it clear that the author has composed it in verses with a view to remove all the difficulties in the process of grasping the usages grammatically and to motivate the listening folk, i. e. presumably the Svetambara Jainas (Srotr = sravaka) in this study122. In 1.1.3 it is declared that since the Pratyaharas are well known since ancient times, they are not listed in the form of verses. In all B has adopted the following thirty-six Pratyaharas : An, Ak, Ik, Uk, En, Ac, Ic, Ec, Aic, In, En, Am, Yam, Jnam, Nam, Jhas, Bhas, As, Has, Jhas, Jas, Bas, Chav, May, Jhay, Khay, Cay, Jhar, Khar, Car, Sar, Al, Hal, Val, Jhal and sal, giving the indicatory-mark-wise enumeration of one with N, three with K, one with N, four with C, two with N, four with M, two with S, five with S, one with V, four with Y, four with R, and five with L. Verses 1.1.4-5 incorporate the sutras pertaining to the phonetical affinity (savarna), points of utterance (sthana) and efforts (prayatna) for pronunciation, Paribhasas, and some of the Samjnas. In 1.1.610 the sutras deal with the Vowel Coalescence (svara-sandhi), and in 1.1.1117, they treat the Consonant Coalescence (vyanjana-sandhi), Visarga-sandhi and Svadisandhi. 7.7. The Second Pada of the First Adhyaya commences with the verse 1.2.1 in which the initial part consists of the sutra 1.2.1.1 prescribing the shortening of the final vowel of the neuter nouns. And the auto-commentary on this sutra contains 38 verses of the Linganusasana. The first two quarters of the verse 1.2.1.1.1 gives the enumeration of the verses devoted to the
