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tematic explanation <strong>of</strong> the formation<br />

<strong>of</strong> words in a language ( sohot-<br />

3TM or ^51^ 116^); cf. ( a ) sqif=jst<br />

3T%5T ff& sq]=R^ It refers to sjffoUcqJl-<br />

f t w i ; M. Bh. on Ahnika x. Vart.<br />

12 ; cf. ( b ) «s?[q®$5t M.<br />

Bh. Ahnika 1, Vart. 14 ; cf. ( c ) «r<br />

fi'4T M. Bh. on P. I.<br />

1.1.. Vart. 7 ; ( d ) ga%f' 1<br />

q ^ ifcn H=n M.Bh. on<br />

P. I. 1.1. Vart. 7 ; ( e ) ^<br />

W s!IRS?t M. Bb. on P. I. 1.23 Vart.<br />

4; cf. ( f ) ? f ^ sqmnr<br />

3T? 3t^^: 1 M .Bh. on P. I. 1.68.<br />

cf. ( g ) sn*T I^fgTiTT I M.<br />

Bh. on P. I. 2.32. The word sqif.^q<br />

is mostly used in the sense <strong>of</strong> ‘ the<br />

Science <strong>of</strong> Grammar5 in the Mahabhasya.<br />

It is explained by modern<br />

scholars as ‘ the law <strong>of</strong> the correctness<br />

<strong>of</strong> speech and etymological<br />

science' and described both as a<br />

science and an art.<br />

name <strong>of</strong> a<br />

single <strong>grammar</strong>ian or sometimes<br />

that <strong>of</strong> a school <strong>of</strong> <strong>grammar</strong>. They<br />

are Indra, Panini, Candra, Katantra,<br />

Jainendra, Sakatayana, Hemacandra,<br />

Sarasvata, Bopadeva,<br />

Jaumar, Saupadma, Vaisnava or<br />

Saiva. The number <strong>of</strong> <strong>grammar</strong>ians<br />

is given as eight in Durga and<br />

Bopadeva and five in Kasika on<br />

P. IV. 2.60.<br />

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