Studies on Panini's grammar - DWC

The methods and mannerisms of composition in Pät:tini's A~tädhyäyi 57
Not e I. E x am p 1 est 0 su. 1, 2, 47. - As Böhtlingk adds no
examples to th is rather important sütra, some instances of its application
ale added here:
formation of the neuter of adjectives: na~ta-sri1:z (nom. sg. m. and
fem.) > na~ta-sri (idem neuter), Monier Williams, Grammar § 190;
formation of an avyayibhäva of which the second member is a noun
ending in long vowel or diphthong: * anu-gar'lgä- > * anu-ga;lga- (2, 4, 18
and 1,2,47) > anu-gangam (2, 4, 83 in combination with 4, 1, 2; 7, I, 24
and 6, I, 197) .
§ 79. T hei n ter pre t a 't ion 0 f t hei n ter pol a t e d p a s­
s ag e I, 2, 53-57.
The sutras I , 2, 53--'-57 are neither sufficiently clear in Böhtlingk' s
translation nor in the commentary of the Käsikä. A few suggestions and
surmises are here added.
The Mahäbhä!?ya (I p. 229) explains tad in sü. 53 as referring to the
different artificial sa~jiiäs such as ti. ghu. gha. bha (adhy. 1 pä. 1 su. 64,
20, 22 and pä. 4 sü. 18); the opponent says such sa~jnäs should not be
have been taught because a sa~jiiä ought to show clearness and bear
weight (tat-prämä1Jyäd). but the right theory is. 'instruction makes the
term' (sa'!lFiäna'!l sa'!ljiiä) .
The Käsikä and Böhtlingk connect tad of su. 53 with vyakti-vacane 1 )
in su. 51. For the following of the commentary of the Käsikä the reader
will receive some help by the information that the indication lup ('change
of meaning with no adding of suffix and no changing of gender and
number') is met with in the following sfitras:
4, 2, 4 sq. name of time derived from name of asterism,
4, 2, 81 sqq. .. empire inhabitants,
4, 3, 166 sq. .. fruit .. tree,
5, 2, 105 .. spot sikatä and sarkarä,
5, 3, 98, a [nick-]name of an individual person based on similarity,
5, 3, 99, proper name given to an idol (väsudeva etc.) which was made
by a devalaka as a means for obtaining alms,
5, 3, 100 a symbolical expression used as a proper name; e.g. devapatha.
The Käsikä, thus, differs from the Mahäbhä!?ya, in taking sarpjfiä in the
meaning of 'proper name' and directs the polemics against 1, 2, 51 in
connexion with SP. 4, 2, 81 sqq., 5, 2, 105; 5, 3, 98 sqq., ignoring the two
cases 4, 2,4 sq. and 4, 3, -166 sq. in its argumentation. It further interprets
yoga in su. 54 and 55 (cf. yuktavat in su. 51) in the technical meaning of
the etymologists (MWD. p. 856: 'the connexion of a word with its root,
original or etymological meaning' ) and as antithesis to rüdhi (1.1. , p. 885:
'the more amplified or popular or conventional meaning' ).
1) See Wackernagel I p. LXII nate 4.