dictionary of sanskrit grammar

y the application of the affix or
from nouns like as?, tTRT, S°s,
Ptsc, etc. by the application of the
affix fq^. Besides these, there are
a few roots forme(| by the applies
tion of the affix srrq and fq
All ^ these roots can further - be
classified into Parasmaipadin or
Parasmaibha§a, Atmanepadin or
Atmanebhasa and Ubhayapadin.
Roots possessed of a mute grave
(sqsQTr) vowel or of the mute consonant
a added to the root in the
Dhatupatha or ending in the affixes
etc, as also roots in the
passive voice are termed Atmanepadin
; while roots ending with the
affix f&,=q_as also roots possessed of.a
mute circumflex vowel or a mute
consonant . s*. applied. to them
are termed Ubhayapadin. A ll the
rest are termed Parasmaipadin.
There are some other mute letters
or syllables applied by Paiiini to
the roots in his Dhatupatha for
specific purposes; e.g. J? at the end
to signify prohibition of vrddhi to
the penultimate sr in the aorist, e.g.
'31^ 3. cf. P. VII. 2.5 ; f^ to signify
the optional substitution of sr or 3^
for the affix fe j of the aorist, e.g.
cf. P. III. 1.57; 3
to signify the optional application
of the augment f ( ) before
e.g. gfTicfr, sipc^t; cf. P. V II. 2. 56;
3 to signify the optional application
of the augment f ( ) e.g. JTlar,
JTtfel, cf. P. VII. 2.44; 3n to signify
the prohibition of the augment
in the case of the past pass. part,
e.g. f ^ : , cf, P. VII. 2.16; ?
to signify the addition of a nasal
after the last vowel e.g.
from f?tR, cf. P. V II. 1.58; sr to
signify the prohibition of ft? to
the penultimate long vowel before
f5^ , e.g. cf. P. VII. 4.2; 55
to signify the substitution of
208
for fes in the aorist, e.g. 3?iprg;5 cf.
P. III. 1.55 ; .ai) to signify the substitution
of for g; of the past pass,
part. e.g. eg:, ' 3?:, fH:
e tc .; cf. P. V III. 2.45. Besides
these, the mute syllables Pr, and f
are prefixed for specific purposes;
cf. P. III. 2.187, III. 3.89 and III.
3.88. The term is a sufficiently
old one which is taken by
Panini from ancient grammarians
and which is found used in the
Nirukta and the Pratisakhya works,
signifying the ‘ elemental ( radical)
base ’ for nouns which are all derivable
from roots according to the
writers of the Nirukta works and
the grammarian Sakatayana; cf.
- h r =? *rr§w r ^
Bh. on P. III. 3.1. Some
scholars have divided roots into
six categories; cf. era t o ?:
( a ) trRqftcrr: ( b )
( c ) qRqft'TF'iRqftfir:
C^sri&rr:) ( d )
srsm m : SRTSRn:, ( e . )
( f )
c f . Srngara Prak. I. For
details see M.Bh. on P. I. 3.1 as also
pp. 255, 256 Vol. VII. Vyakarana-
Mahabhasya published by the D.E.
Society, Poona. (2) a technical term
■ of Jainendra grammar for ara&s. >
a- short treatise on the
roots of the different conjugations
written by a grammarian named
Dhananjaya. ^
a grammatical work in
verse written by Varadaraja, the
pupil of Bhattoji Diksita who lived
in the 17th century. Besides
Karikavall, Varadaraja wrote sg-
and also.
name of a commentary
on the Kavikalpadruma of
Bopadeva by Ramalamkara; { 2)