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A NOTE ON THE GRAMMATICAL PARIBHĀŞĀS OF THE SIDDHAHEMA SYSTEM
J. M. Shukla
Each Sanskrit grammatical system regte on a number of basic works belonging to it They are a book of aphorisms (Satrapatha), a book of roots (Dutupatha), a book of word-groups (Ganapatba), a book of 108truction about rules of pronunciation Sikşă or Varnasutra), a collection of the rules of interpretation (Paribbaşa pātba), a book of accent rules (Phitsatra. patba) and a book of Unadi suffixes (Unadisgtrapatha). In a majority of cases they are composed by one scholar after whom the system gets its name. For the Paninlan school the Aşçadhyāyı of Papio, is the basic Sutra work of aphorisms which develop and complete the grammatical system of Panini. The Dhatupatha, Ganapatha and the Sikşă are fathered on Paniol, tho Paninlya Sikşă benog naderstood as composed by a very late Paplnienthusiast who did not mind inaccuracies and misstatements in the faco of devotion for Paplal, Seriou& students of Panini explore the problom of the authorship of Dhatupatha and Ganapatha and even the Satrapatha.!
Paribbaşas or rules of interpretation concern themselves with tho relation between sutras and their applicability and with the enunciation of broad grammatical principles. Panini has included about forty eight parlbhard rules as aphorisms in the first Pada of the first Adhyaya of Agtadhyayi, without using the term Paribhoga in his work. While explaining and commenting on Panini's sutrus Katyayana has added a number of Vartikas which can be understood aa paribbaşas helpful in the interpretation of the Panloian ruleg. The wording of these Paribhaşă Vartikas is akin to Katyayana's other Vartikas. An early work called Paribhaşāscana, & liat of Parlbhass with a commentary, is fathered on Vyadı who was a contemporary of Panini and who certainly lived before Katyayana, Vyadla pivotal work laid under debt ali later Paribhasa works composed upto tho cighteenth century It is a perennial fountain from which all Panipian and non-Panjpian schoola derive their streams of inspiration,
Paribhasa rules following the remarks of Katyayana and Patanjali went on swelliog so that we have now about five hundred and fifty Paribasas in the Paninian and non-Panidian system. A few of these have been added by non-Papinian schools.
In the Siddha Hema system we have the Satra-work Siddha hemaSabdanušaaana 10 seven adhyayas, the eighth adhyāya giving rules for
į Von Rober Birwe. Studien Zu Adhyâya IIf der Astādhy&yi Paņinis, Wiesbaden 1966
