dictionary of sanskrit grammar

short vowel which measures one
matra or mora; cf.
^ i Aih. Pr. 1.60. :-
a view or doctrine propbund-
' ed by one of the many ancient sages
or munis who ate believed to be the
founders' o f -a Sastra; a view propounded
only by Panini, to the
exclusion of Katyayana and Patan-
iaii; cf. ^ g ra trl'l sr# fsarateprre sfir
qjjj Durghata-Vrtti
I. 1.5; see also I. 4.-24,
I 1. 3.IS. '
*\
( 1 ) combination of two Sutras
into one; cf. am r
ff3 M. Bh P. I. I 3, I. 4.59,
V. 2.25; (2} one and the same
Sutra; cf. s^Jiftresrar qi spgfa: g$
Pari. Stk. Pari. 17; cf. also
P. IV.
1.27, Vart. 2, Pari Sek, Pari. 39.
characterized by i.e. mentioned
in one and the same rale; cf.
11. Bh. sentences. on P. I.
1.(2. Vart. 10. - See also M. Bh. on
P. VI. r. 37.
singular 11 Omber; affix of the
" sii gular number in PanTnFs grammar
applied 10 noun-bases (
and roots when the sense of the
singular number is to be conveyed;
the singular sense can be of the
form of an individual or collection
or genus. The word ssSRci in the
technical sente of singular number
- is found used in the PratiSakhyas
and Nirukta also.
or use or treatment of
the plural sense as if it is singular;
cf. trw^SF.sfo: I M. Bh.
on II. 4.12. Vart. 5.
( a pada ) made up of a single
ietverjicf* VSR. % ® ; cota-
meatary on R. Pr. X . 2; cf. also
• V. Pr. IV . 144-145 where is
defined as capable of
being produced with a single effort.
Paflini gives the term st^ct to an
affix- made u p: of one single letter;.
:■ cf. m v P. Iv 2.41.
an expression giving one idea,
either a single or a composite one.
A positive’statement and its negation,
so also, a general rule arid its
exception are looked upon as .making
a single sentence on account of
their mutual expectancy- even
though the}' be sometimes detached
from each other; cf.
q m TOIcT M. Bh. on III. 4.67; cf.
also
. 1 7f?Ii
gfifua^r g
I Par. Sek. on Pari. 3, Such
sentences are, in fact, two sentences,
but, to avoid the fault of
’ft*?, caused by qmfi?, grammariarrs
hold them to be- composite single
a pada having the same case
in the various dissolutions of the
compound word; e.g. the word
in the compound word
which stands only in the
ablative case €l5n*sqr:, although the
• word fJi%F5T, which stands for the
wordfira;, could be used in many
cases. The word f?i*icTPlnfefi is also
used in the same sense.
single vrtti or gloss on the
Vedic as well as classical portions
of grammar. Purusottamadeva has
used this term in his Bhasavrtti to
contrast his Vrtti (w *iff% ) with
the K aiikavrtti and the Bhagavrtti
which deal with both the portions ;
cf. Bhasavrtti
on I. 1.16, cf. also Bhasavrtti on III.
4.99, IV . 3:22 and VI. 3.20.