Panini : his place in Sanskrit literature : an investigation ... - Cristo Raul

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Patanjali speaks of the Mauryas as a past dj-nasty 228
Patanjali mentions that AyodhyS. and the M&dhyamikas were besieged hy the Yavana, and
that these events took place when he lived ;.... 229
Professor Miiller holds that Buddha's death took place 477 b.c 231
Objections to his arguments 232
Professor Lassen holds that Buddha's death took place 543 n.c 233
The events alluded to by Patanjali must have fallen within the years 140 and 120 B.C.
and this must be therefore the date of the Mah&bh&shya 234
Professor Lassen's view is thus confinned by the MahS.bh&shya 235
The name of Patanjali's mother is Gonika; his birthplace is Gonarda ii.
He belongs to the East of India, and to the Eastern grammarians
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Bhartrihari's account of the early History of the Mah&bh&shya
Note.— An interesting passage from the ESjatarangini blighted by Dr. Boehtlingk... 238
Bearing of the foregoino Investigation on the Study of Ancient S.vnskrit
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239—245
Importance of the Hindu Commentaries. The traditional element in them 242
The grammatical element in these Commentaries
The chronological position of the Grammatical Works is the only critical basis for judging of
the correctness of the Commentaries
The pkesent Ckitical Position op Sanskrit Philology
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245—258
The Sanskrit "VVorterbuch published by the Eussian Imperial Academy 245
Six Dicta and Critical Principles of Professor Poth
(1)
Professor Both intimates that S&yana gives only that sense of the Veda which was current
in India some centuries ago. Opinion which must be entertained of this assertion 248
(2) Professor Roth believes that he is far more able than Sa.yana to give us the correct sense
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of the Veda. An examination of the foundation on which this assertion rests ib.
Professor Both asserts that he can put together some ten or twenty passages for examining
the sense of a word, but that S&yana could not do this. Examination of the foundation
on which this assertion rests
Professor Both says that the purely etymological proceeding, as it must be followed up by
those who endeavour to guess the sense of a word, cannot possibly lead to a correct
result. Examination of the foundation on which this assertion rests 250
(6) The object of Professor Roth is not to obtain that understanding of the Veda which was
current in India a few centuries ago, but to know the meaning which the poets them-
selves gave to their songs and phrases
The revelations received hy Professor Roth in regard to the Rigveda
The revelations received by him in regard to the S^ma- and Yajur- veda
(6) Professor Roth is a conscientious European exegete 2-54
The treatment of the scientific and classical Uterature in the Wbrterbuch, by Dr. Boehtlingk. ib.
The Wiirterbuch cancels authoritatively, and without giving any reason whatever, all the bases
in ri, rl, In, etc
The opinion which must be entertained of such a proceeding
The Sanskrit language under Dr. Boehtlingk's treatment
Patanjali and the potters
The Champions of the Woi-terbuch and their means of defence.—Professor Kuhn 259
A further fflance at the Champions and their means of defence.—Professor Weber 261
The climax
A further glance at the Champions.—The hidden reasons of the " editor" of Pinini
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Conclusion
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