dictionary of sanskrit grammar

#prm 2 2 l
followed by almost all later grammarians.
See fjpncT.
H’ilff'l a word given, as it appears,
without trying for its derivation^ in
authoritative works of ancient grammarians
especially Panini; cf,..
P. VI. 4.174, -as
also V. 4.77 etc. etc. The
phrase m tcRlfigs^is very frequently
used by Patanjali to show that
some technical difficulties in the
formation, of a word are not sometimes
to be taken into consideration,
the word given by Panini
being the correct one ; cf. M.Bh. on
I. 1.4, III. 1,22 etc. etc.; cf. also
the usual expression «nTO%r ftqRT-
The derivation of the word
from qq; with ft causal, is suggest-,
ed in the R k Pratisakhya where it;
is stated that Nipatas are laid down
or presented as such in, manifold
senses; cf. R. Pr. X II. 9 ; cf. also
wa*? HW'pi ^ 1
^ M.
Bh. Pradipa on P. V. 1.114; cf.
also M. Bh. on II. 1.27.
the accent, with which the
Nipatana word is expressed in the
Sutra, which is said to prevail over
the accent which ordinarily should
be possessed by the word ; cf. 9
STfffRTO? M.
Bh. on P. I. 1.56 Vart. 23 ; cf. also
M.Bh. on I. 3.3, V I. 1.123 etc.
the view prominently expressed
by the Varttikakara that
nipatas do not possess any sense,
which was modified by Bhartrhari
who stated that they do possess
sense which, of course, is indicated
and not expressed. See ftqicT.
a short treatise explaining
and illustrating the use of
indeclinables, written by. a gra­
mmarian named Tilak who probably
•Hved in Ka£mira.
fqgpqg the word is used ^in the sense
of root-cause or support, by Bhartrhari
in Vakyapadlya, cp. I. 13 ;
II. 127, 132,29?7,434; III. 12.5 etc.-
( 1 ) name of the third out of
the seven positions of voice in the
Vedic recital. ( 2 ) a mode of utterance
of words at the performance
of a sacrifice. Seven such modes
are given in the Taittiriya Piati§a-
k h y a ; cf.
aRlfSl T. Pr. X X III. 5.
( 1 ) the formal cause of a grammatical
operation; cf.
: I given as a Paribhasa
by many grammarians like
Vyadi, Siradeva and others; cf.
also JTicfrnfal5^ ftpra ffim#
M. Bh. on III. 1.1 Vart. ’2 ; (2 )
distinguishing sign q:
g:
WT, M. Bh. on I. 1.26 Vart. 5.
fMJlrWSrcft locative case, used in the
sense of a cause as prescribed by
P. II. 3.36 Vart. 6
and illustrated by the usually
quoted verse =q#f3t frffcr ^cfqltfcr
p tw ; 1 fftr fcf: if
M. Bh. on II. 3.36 Vart. 6, also cf.
Kas. on P. I. 1.57.
Action in accordance
with the cause as the application
of the gender and case affixes to
the adjective in accordance with
the noun qualified by it. cp. Vak.
pad. III. 14. 3-o, 311.
a popular name
given by grammarians to the
maxim fftfflxuqH a
thing, which is brought into existence
by a cause, disappears on the
disappearance of the cause. The