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TABLE
No. of Adhyāyas
No. of Pādas
25
Note
32
vārtikas not included
Name of the Grammar Kätantra Pāņiniya Candra Jainendra Sākațāyana Siddha hema Malayagiriya
24 20 16 28 36
No. of Sūtras 1401 3671 3699 3053 3236 3566 2210
There are no vārtikas. vārtikas not included.
This table makes it clear that from the point of view of the number of sūtras Kātantra is the shortest of all sanskrit grāmmars and next to it is Malayagiri's Śabdānuśāsaņa; then comes Jainendra and so on and so forth. From the point of view of the number of padas,, again, Kātantra is the shortest of all and then comes Malayagiri's Sabdānuśāsana. From the point of view of the number of Adhyāyas Kātantra and Malayagiri could be considered to be short (as they have no adhyāya at all ); and with respect to Panini, Siddhahema could be considered to be short, and so on and so forth. It is only in this manner that the brevity or otherwise of the various grammars is to be determined. A common man might think that Sākațāyana's grammar since it consists only of four adhyāyas and sixteen pādas, is to be regarded as very brief. But if a man were to think over the matter disinterestedly he will find that its pādas are very lenthy and only on this account does it have just four adhyāyas. Again, some one might suggest that Malayagiri's Sabdānusasana should be considered to be brief inasmuch as the number of sūtras contained in it is very small. But if he were to examine it impartially he will notice that Malayagiri has composed so many vārtikas, so many nipäta-sútras and so many gana-sútras in addition to the regular sülras; moreover, he has left many usages unexplained. All this shows that it is not easy to determine the extent or length of the various grammars. Thus no grammar is absolutely brief, perfect and easy to grasp. Hence, all grammarians deserve praise and fame from this or that view-point.
JAINENDRA EMPLOYS ALTOGETHER NEW SAMIÑAS.
Though there is no difference whatsoever among the various grammars with regard to the explanation of usages, yet they differ from one another with respect to samjñās employed by them. Some of the samjñās employed
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