dictionary of sanskrit grammar

snfa a term applied to the odd feet
of a stanza; cf. Jpnqgligft 'TISHflT
sn«n$fr i m w l i # sjm R. Pr.
X V I. 39.
the letters or phonetic elements
aig^K, f t # , upfci,
and qji called so, as they are always
uttered only in combination with
another phonetic element or letter
such as 3T or the like, and never
independently;, cf. 3fiRKTf^*IT qnTgHT-
ttfen: % *ircftr sricjmt ?r
U vvata on Vaj. Pr. V III.
18. These sjqtipjTf letters possess the
characteristics of both, the vowels
as well as consonants; cf. s^n^TfTm-
Jfitsij: oiff 513 3i**rT-
1 M.Bh. on
SR a technical term for Ardhadhatuka
affixes in the Mugdhabodha grammar:
a word, the coalescence of
which is not nasalized, as the word
sn in sflozrq; as contrasted with
3?$t aft m : ; cf. R. Pr. X I. 18.
a Visarga which is not rhotacized;
the term is used in the same
sense.
not rhotacized; not turned
into the letter r, cf.
&PJ#: bthik^ 1 R. Pr. II. 9.
aHlsS'Jilt? a group of words given in
P. IV. 2.80 which get the taddhita
affix 53^ ( 3T5 ) added to them as a
caturarthika affix e.g.
etc. see Kasika on P. IV.
2.80.
the strong blowing of air from the
mouth at the time of the utterance
of the surd consonants; cf. Vaj.
Siksa 280.
SPS ( 1 ) lit. signification, conveyed
sense or object. The sense is sometimes
looked upon as a determinant
of the foot of a verse; cf. 5rret*ft
tnq: R. Pr. X V II
16. It is generally looked upon as
the determinant of a word ( q ? ).
A unit or element of a word which
is possessed of an indepsndent
sense is looked upon as a Pada in
the old Grammar treatises; cf. 3?#:
q?fcf?r cf. also s$r: q ^ V . Pr.
III. 2, explained by gssfz as swfftwift
q ^ i q ?A 5 F # q ^ i
There is no difference pf opinion
regarding the. fact that, out of the
four standard kinds of words jot,
sutler, 3qgn andf?mcr, the'first two
kinds htt[ and sfreqRT do possess an
independent sense of their own.
Regarding possession of sense and
the manner in which the sense is
conveyed, by the other two viz. the
Upasargas (prepositions) and
Nipatas ( particles) there is a striking
difference of opinion among
scholars of grammar. Although
Panini has given the actual designation
q^ to words ending with either
the case or the conjugational affixes,
he has looked upon the different
units or elements of a Pada such as
the base, the affix, the augment
and the like as possessed of individually
separate senses. There
is practically nothing in Panini’s
sutras to prove that Nipatas and
Upasargas do not possess an independent
sense. R e: Nipatas, the
iule which means that ^
and other indeclinables are called
Nipatas when they do not mean
gvf, presents a riddle as to the
meaning which =3 and the like
should convey if they do not mean
or i.e. a substance. The
Nipatas cannot mean or verbal
activity and if they do not mean
or ^sq, too, they will have to be called
( absolutely meaningless)
and in that case they would not be