dictionary of sanskrit grammar

- P. III. 2.127 evidently in the sense
of Pada affixes referring to the
Atmanepada as explained by
K aiyata in the words yqsjf^i
q^STfW 1 The word occurs in
the Slokavarttika. ifagquffesR^mf
quoted by Patanjali in his Mahabhasya
011 KtfJ# P. III. 1.85,
where Nagesa writes ^=ri'4-
t=nr? 1 i f q^rqco?FRq% 37-
1 The word is
found in the sense of Pada in the
Mahabhasya on P. III. 1.40. The
commentator on Puspasutra explains
the word as s q i l t
?RT 3TOfThe author of the Kasika
on P. V I. 2.134 has cited the reading
^^sqsnogquflcj, instead of ijqf#-
Jwnnwn: and made the remark
a%'ra? ifer qgspcrifa jju%.
This remark shows that in ancient
times gqsiT meant qgspfr i.e. a word
in the genitive case. This sense
gave rise to, or was based upon, an
allied sense, viz ihe meaning of
‘ ^ ’ i.e. possession. Possibly the
sense ‘ possession ’ further developed
into the further sense ‘ possession
of the fruit or result for self or
others ’ referring to the fci^ affixes
which possessed that sense. The
old sense ‘ qgzRr ’ of the word ‘ 3q-
JH;’ having gone out of use, and the
sense ‘ qsr’ ' having come in vouge;
the word must have been
substituted for the word ‘ aqfjf ’ by
some grammarians before the time
of the Kasikakaras. As Patanjali
has dropped the Sutra (V I. 2.134),
it cannot be said definitely whether
the change of reading took place
before Patanjali or after him.
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