Book Title: Yaskas Classification Of Nipatas
Author(s): Johannes Bronkhorst
Publisher: Johannes Bronkhorst

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________________ 142 Annals BORÍ, LX ( 1979) the supposition that the author was confused. As a result we must abandon the idea that a threefold ciassification of particles is intended, and shall try our luck with a classifitation into four. It is, at this point, worth noting that Durga and Skanda-Maheśvara, who wrote commentaries on the Nirukta, seem to have had difficulties similar to the ones which cause us to consider abandoning the threefold classification of particles. But they do not go to the same extent as we do. In their opinion the particles from hi to sim have incidentally (prasangena ) been treated after the particles expressive of karmopasamgraha.12 The remainder of our discussion will show that their scruplus were not justified. 2.2 I shall, to begin with, list the particles given in the Nirukta in accordance with the newly proposed fourfold scheme. It is to be noted that the newly formed third category contains a variety of meanings. No single general meaning seems to encompass them all. Yāska, at any rate, does not give such a covering meaning, and we shall follow him by baptizing the third category" various". The first and second catagories : will, of course, be named upamā and karmopasamgraha respectively. The fourth class of particles, as we know, contains expletives, which, according to Yāska, have no meaning. This is noteworthy, for it brings to light a division into two of the four classes of particles. On the one hand, there are the particles with meaning, on the other, those without. This leads us to the following scheme : With Meaning Without meaning. A, A3 B ирата A, kormopasamgraha various kam im id vā sha hi kila mā khalu Śaśvat nūnam sim u . ένα ha (tva, net and na cet, which are mentioned in the Nirukta but have not been included in the above scheme, will be discussed in section 2.3 below). 12 The relevant quotations can be found in Mehendale, 1978 : 56.

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