Studies on Panini's grammar - DWC

APPENDIX.
§ § 94-97. Discussion of some technical difficulties. English translation
of French and German quotations.
§ 94. The definition of upasarga (§ 19).
According to the Käsikä the expression kriyä-yoge must be taken as a
supplement to the su tras and specially the adhikära-sütra of the passage
I, 4, 60---79. Thus, whilst the passages, quoted in § 19, compel us to
interpret kriyä-yoge in sü. I, 4, 58 sq. by 'in connexion with [the notion of]
an action, [either expressed or implied ] " kriyä-yoge. when supplement
to su. 60 has the narrower meaning of 'in connexion with [the notion of]
an action [expressed]' = . in connexion with [a word expressing] an
action, [i.e. either a finite verb or a deverbative]', cf. § 17 no. 3 and Note.
Undoubtedly the redaction of the Siitra-Pätha is logically not quite satisfactory
here.
§ 95. Th e m e a n i n 9 0 f t h e pratyähära sup (§ 45 a n d
passim).
In the first place sup is the technical designation of (A) the declinational
terminations (SP. 4, 1, 2 and 1, 1,71). Moreover, according to 1, 1,72
sup indicates (Ba) a declined noun, and according. to the rules for
pratyaya-lak~aTJa (esp. 1, I, 62) it likewise includes (Bb) the nominal
stem, e.g. as the preceding member of a compound (1. 2, 46 and 2, 4, 71)
and Be the indeclinables (2, 4, 82).
So, when in 2, 1, 4 the rule is given: [sup] saha supä and we read in
2, 1, 6 avyayam as a substitute for the first sup in this formula, th en th ere
is, strictly speaking, no question of an exception. but only of a limitation.
A similar remark holds good for su. 2, 2, 18, wh ere according to algebraic
reasoning it is not qQjte accurate to say (cf. § 45 p. 37 I. 7) that the
second sup of sup saha supä is put aside by Päl)ini, rather should we
understand that th is sup, in anti thesis to what precedes, is extended to both
the meanings Ba and Be.
However, inconsistences will necessarily of ten arise owing to the
artificiality and unfitness of algebraic expression for describing linguistic
facts. And so it is no matter of surprise that the Käsikä, too, takes su. 2, 2, 18
as an exception to 2, 1, -4 in its interpretation: ku-gati-prädayalJ samarthena
(cf. 2, 2, 1 and § 31) Sabdäntarena saha nityam samasyante.
§ 96. Th e well-planned construction of the
A~tädhyäyi illustrated by the interpretation of
SP. 1, 1. 3.
Thê insufficient number of cross-references and the of ten too limited
choice of examples in BöhtJingk's translation do not always allow us to seê
the ingenuous construction of Pä"ini' s work.