Guest guest Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 Dear list members, The discussion of Panini's sutras on another list has got me looking at my aSTAdhyAyI again and I'm wondering if someone can clarify for me the use of sandhi on the "markers" in the sutras themselves. Looking at the first two sutras we have: vRddhir Adaic from vRddhiH At aic adeG guNaH from at eG guNaH So in sUtra 1 and 2 the marker "t" in "At" and "at" ( I think the technical term for the marker is "it" ) by sandhi becomes "d". Why doesn't the marker "c" in "aic" in sutra final position in sutra 1 become a "k" as you'd expect as a permitted final. Also in a reference book I'm looking at, two different quotes show this "aic" becoming "aij" before a following vowel. Again why isn't this "aig". Wouldn't you expect "aic" becomes "aik" as permitted final then becoming "aig" through external sandhi? Mahabhasya 1.44.8 athavaikayogaH kariSyate | vRddhirAdaijaGgunaH | Pradipa 1.145 eko bhavatiradhyAhriyate | vRddhirAdaijadeGhunau bhavatItyekavAkyatvaM sampadyate | Thanks, Harry Harry Spier 371 Brickman Rd. Hurleyville, New York USA 12747 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2005 Report Share Posted December 18, 2005 These are excellent questions, and point to aspects of Panini's metalanguage which is not entirely subject to rules of normal Sanskrit. This limitation is for rather specific system internal reasons. Consider what would happen if aic were to change to aik, as vAc changes to vAk. Since 'c' and 'k' are different 'it's or anubandhas in Panini's grammar, one would have difficulty in recognizing what is exactly being stated. Consider other cases like affixes Tac versus Tak, where 'c' and 'k' have distinct functions. As for 't' changing to 'd' due to sandhi in rules like vRddhirAdaic, Patanjali occasionally uses such changes to argue that in a given case it is not 't', but 'd', and hence a rule like taparas tatkAlasya does not apply in that case. So sandhi in Panini's sutras is applied only half-way, to avoid problems, and yet it still creates many problematic interpretations. Madhav Deshpande INDOLOGY, "Harry Spier" <harryspier@H...> wrote: > > Dear list members, > > The discussion of Panini's sutras on another list has got me looking at my > aSTAdhyAyI again and I'm wondering if someone can clarify for me the use of > sandhi on the "markers" in the sutras themselves. > > Looking at the first two sutras we have: > > vRddhir Adaic from vRddhiH At aic > adeG guNaH from at eG guNaH > > So in sUtra 1 and 2 the marker "t" in "At" and "at" ( I think the technical > term for the marker is "it" ) by sandhi becomes "d". Why doesn't the marker > "c" in "aic" in sutra final position in sutra 1 become a "k" as you'd expect > as a permitted final. > > Also in a reference book I'm looking at, two different quotes show this > "aic" becoming "aij" before a following vowel. Again why isn't this "aig". > Wouldn't you expect "aic" becomes "aik" as permitted final then becoming > "aig" through external sandhi? > > Mahabhasya 1.44.8 athavaikayogaH kariSyate | vRddhirAdaijaGgunaH | > > Pradipa 1.145 eko bhavatiradhyAhriyate | vRddhirAdaijadeGhunau > bhavatItyekavAkyatvaM sampadyate | > > Thanks, > Harry > > > > Harry Spier > 371 Brickman Rd. > Hurleyville, New York > USA 12747 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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