Studies on Panini's grammar - DWC

70 <strong>Studies</strong> on Pä~ini' s Grammar
In order to interpret su. 1. 1. 3 iko gU1Ja~vrddhi . i.e. the gu~a of i and i
(Siva~Sütra read in combination with 1. 1. 69). u and ü. and r. short or
long. e. o. a[r] and their Vfddhi is ai. au. ä[r] we ought to reckon with the
following facts:
1. the vocalic ! has to be omitted since the only instance Vk!p is treated
by Pä~ini' s method of theoretical fiction as if it were krp (DhP. 1. 799
etc.) ;
2. i. i are replaced by e or by ai. and u. ü by 0 or by au according to
1. 1. 50. Since Pä~ini takes it for granted that the gu~a and vfddhi of r
contain an a~sound. we may surmise th at his articulation of the r~sound
had an a ~colouring ('neutra]' colouring) . The addition of r is taught by
1. 1.51. For the substitution of r by ir. ur. ir. ür. cf. 6. 1. 111; 7. 1. 100 sqq.;
8. 2.77;
3. although a is the gu~a of a itself and ä its vfddhi. yet the sutra is
not formulated as * ako gUTJa~vrddhi in view of such sütras as 7. 2. 1
(where Böhtlingk supplements: 'für ein auslautendes i. u. r nebst ihren
Längen·. cf. 1. 1. 52). and 7. 3. 83 sq.
§ 97. Eng 1 i s h tra n sla t ion 0 f Fr e n c h a n d Ge r man
quo t a t ion s 0 n b e hal f 0 f th e H in dur e a der.
Page 33 § 38. Ku. an indeclinable called gati. and pra with its associates
are likewise compounded. 19. Likewise a supplement if this be no fini te
verb. - 20. Also a supplement with an indeclinable. but only wh en th is is
an absolutive ending in am. - 21. Also an instrumental and one of the
following cases but this is not necessary. - 22. Likewise with an absolutive
in tvä.
Page 36 § 44 i.E. 'a well~planned and not only virtuosic but also ingenuous
text ~book· .
Page 66 § 91. 'The syllable and its accent are only one phonetic aèt.
and the significant being of an auditory nature only flows onward in time
and has the characteristics which it adopts from time. a) it represents an
extension and b) thatextension is measurable in one single dimensiori. it
is a line·.
Page 68 § 93. ' Pä~ini himself mentions a number of predecessors. His
work. indeed. intrinsically seems to be a new version of a perhaps before
him frequently altered grammatical groundwork ... A rational basis
glimmers through. But this constructive work is constantly interrupted by
single rules or by whole rows of rules. obviously while what was newly
added by further developed research was at will inserted for convenience'
sake. The possibility to spare word., could also lead towards distorting
rules from their natural connex ion and transposing them somewhere else·.
Ex pre s s ion 0 f th ank s. - Dr H. E . Buiskool hasassisted the
author by reading the proofsheets and suggesting here and there an interpretation
of his own.