Yaska And Sentence Beginning Ofsabdabodha

Author(s): Johannes Bronkhorst
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regular and are accompanied by a derivational modification, should be derived in the ordinary manner. But the meaning being irrelevant, and the modification not being in accordance with the grammatical derivation, one should always examine them with regard to their meaning, by the analogy of some (common) course of action. If there be no (such) analogy, one should explain them even by the community of a (single) s yllable or sound; but one should never (give up the attempt at) derivation. One should not attach (too much) importance to the grammatical form, for these complex formations (vrttayah) are (often) subject of exceptions. One should interpret the divisions according to the meaning." (Tr. Sarup, modified, partly in the light of Mehendale, 1978: 11, 76, and Scharfe, 1977: 122 with note 26). However, the nonexpressed subject of this passage is qualified by the adjective arthaniyah, and may therefore be more definite (perhaps
nairuktah "an etymologist") than is clear at first sight. • Excluding chapters 13 and 14, which are later additions. 10 The identification of these passages has been much facilitated by
the electronic version of the Nirukta prepared by G. Cardona.
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