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13 Chapter 8
13 Chapter 8
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Vamana&a concern with grammars- An examinationAVamana»s
Vamana and the JKag'lkatcWe have the name of one Varnana as the
( Sisupalavadha.il-112)
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Hare the word sadU.vytti refers to the KaslkS vrttl and the
Kaikavlvarana Panjlka.
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(2) In Kaaika tooth classical and araa forma are dealt with,
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instruct the would toe poets who would compose only in the
theme.
gradually from the first to the eighth aalryaya. While the first
concerned.
Motes on the Individual rules on sabdaguddhis-Vamana formulates
from the rule 1-2-6 5.^h us we may have Ekaaeaa in the uJord
brahvamnau which may be expounded as bpahamanasca brahmanlca.
given in the curadigana this root takes the suffix nio optiona-
saktisu canas(3-2-129)*
(5-2-9 )t This rule has direct reference to the Panlnian rule Ho.
t
There is also another root labh which means receiving with the
Here the verb lambhayan is derived from the root labh having
t
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to the rule tlrontardhau, (Paninl 1-4-71) the tjord tirafr gets the
-ed with Paninia rule ifos*2-l-50 and 2-l«51*We can not explain
the word triball aa a case of samahara formed on the strength
of the rule,taddhitarthottara pada 3amahare ca(Panini 2-1-51)9
because in that case it must occur in the nuter gender according
to the rule aa napumsakamjPanlni 2-4-17)*In this rule Vamana
suggests that the form tribal! may be accepted as a samjna(Name)
and as such as a Tatpurusa compound formed in the light of the
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for coining any suck from according to one* a own a wire t will .The
word vrtti used In the sutra and ita exposition means a vyasavakya~
because here Vamana opines that forma like amulalolam and amula-
granted.
rule pnranad bhaga tiyadan( 5-3-48) .The>i we have the iford interpre-
-oundAbe feasible.4
haatagragrahaatadayo gunaguninorbhedlbhedatj5-2-20)s
are not formed according to the said rule as these words are
the present rule must have come to Vaiaana under the context
the fact that the rule concerning the placing of the larger
conform with the karma in respect of the gender and the number
She stock example of this rule (as given by the Kasika and
repeated in the KSV) is akana kanah(lbllnd with one eye),where
na kmikitanamitigekavadbhavapraaangat(6-2-25)
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■the curadi list take the suffix nlo even when the subject is
is a tit-wgrd#
this form with the suffix lac according to Panin is rule No*
5-2-96 the word kesara does not end in a and it is also not
A mm
limb of a prani(i«e»,living being)*Vamana suggests that the
means a ratha,
formal ation of the rule baa been occasioned by the latter rule
brahmabhruna e te , (Ho*3-2-87)and hence,the order of following the
Panlnian rules is not broken*Since Kavij is restricted only to
the root ban by the rule Ho*3-2-87,how can we have forms like
brafamavid and vyttrabhld,with roots vid and frUld.etct Here
Vakana suggests that roots via and bfald occurring without any
upapada first take the suffis ktlip on the strength of the rule,
ki&p ca{g-2-76) and present as the forma vit(veflltiuit)and bhit
(bhinattiti bhit)0Then we have sasthi aarnicas follows s-
Srahmanah vit»brafamavlt and
vrttraaya bhit-vrttra bhit*
"H i .......... * -mnr- ir
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an akrtlrvgana*Hence,the root subha may Stake the suffix an•
according to the rule sidbhidadibhyon(3-3-104)giving the form
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aobha,As *
an is a nit pratyaya.the gum should not have occured
in the word aobha,But yet we have it due to nipatana*and
finally according to the rule a pratyayat(3-3-102)we suffix
a to aobha and have the form aobha.Now there is another question.
Should we break the word aobfearthau occuring in the quotation
from the Dhatupatha as sobha (plu|) artha or as sobha(pl^arthaf
This may be decided on the strength of the tradition handed
down by the teachers*(cf*viaesa vagatira^caryya paramparopaddasu
-dltl), Vamana observes like this probably with the presumption
that as it is the context of defending the form aobha the
teachers would break the word as sobha(plu£artha*
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the word will be with ghaiT and not with a enjoined by the rule
(3-3-103),where a comes ,only in jcase of only in case of the fem#
geiaer^ is both desired and not desired (cf^kffa^idubhayam lti)
as in-bEftha and badhah,uha' and uha^^vrjda and vrldah#
“rrir ........IJ" ""irr mmmm “"""V rn -T-mra
Because of its similarity with the verb forms derived from other
roots with the suffix nal of Littthe verb form aha is also often
mistaken to be in Ljt.Thua it is incorrect to use the form aha
2a an expression wityah&bfaagavan prabhuhg.The intelligent persons
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would be use the form aha with the particle ama as in the
expression ”iha sma amitamadhuramadhuriksaraua giram”„ Vamana finds
it a suitable occasion to point out that in the expression-”
anukaroti bhagavato narayanasya” also there must have been a ama
after the.verb which presumably left out by the sribea through
oversight.
aabdladibhyah atrlyam tapopraptifa(5-8-45)t-
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nia these words should get the suffix: ais and present us the
forms aatoair and Kalmasi.
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where the fem*suffixes nia and ttn are available due to the idea
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without the Tin, These two examples are given algo by the gasikaa
In the example*subhru kim sambhramena* the word subhru in aambod-
-hana is with short u,because it is derived from the word subhru.
having the suffix un,. The form of the word subhru,.without un
in sambodhana would be subhru,with long u ,,
10# There is a varient reading ‘nlj3jnanfBI;i£i’,,iiut we have
preferred to follow the kamadhenu as it is without going
to enter in to a controversial issue*
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the word karttika can not he held back from taking the suffix
ruie Kalatthan(4-3-11).
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Saavatam iti prayukteh(5-2-51)s-Xt is also in the context of
being read in the digadi gana,we should have the suffix yat
the use of the word daravam is not happy,In the sense of being
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made of wood the word should be darumayam being formed with the
can defend the form darava in an expression like the one given
above,
raugdhlmadiavimani j mrgyahC 5-2-54) s -ef, ,Paninl* a 5-1-122,
Words like aupamya and gannidhya are formed with the suffix ayan"
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are found in the caturvarnyadi class in the Xaaika but not in the
MBMM|M«wr||i||iiiil |i a Ma" " ■" in—Will ii iiWlM’in |i,H—
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Mahabhasya-
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ayarfah sitkaranadikarobhhulamC5-2-56) i-
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Because of the aptlonality of this rid© the word brahmanya does onmimmmwAmm
found adequate for justifying the matvarth iya oha pratyaya in the
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word karicukiya as it occurs in the expression jlvanti raja
vide Panini*a 5-3-79 and 5-3-83*In this rule Vamana explains the
(5-5-83)*
the word mukta in the vinayadl gana and then suffixing the
one we get the impression that Vamana does not apeak of the
words like pratibha having been already been included in the
relevant ganaa>But instead he himself assumes the responsibility
of imporving upon the contents of the Kasika or upon the already
prevelant grammatical tradition*
na aarajasam ityanavyayibhave (5-2-65)s-Shis has a direct
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reference to the Kasika on Pa,5-4-77*She word aarajasam,found
in an expression like *madhusarajaaam madhye padam pibanti
a ilimukh ah** Vamana opines that this word saitajaaam is incorrect
unless it is an Avyayibhava compound.This is hhe same view as
that of the Kasika under Pa-5•4#77 where we reads
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(&amjna) of a particular peraon.Because for conveying a general
meaning the word dhanua must compulsorily,have the a affix anan
according to the rule »dhanuaaaca» (Pa,5-4»l52)givlng us the
stem dhrta die anvan of which the nom.singular form la dhrtadhanva
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and loc.aing.form p
is dhrta dhvanam.But only when the resultant
form is a name{sam«)na) we can also have the suffix omn optio-
naily# according to the rule vaTsmjnayam* 5-4-133), ana as such
can have also a form dhrtadhanua without anan,where from we may
derive the form dhrtadhanua! in the loo,singular.
durgandhipade iddurlatohahj 5-2-67 ) 8-Vlde Pa~, 5-4-135.The word
durgandhi as it occurs in an expression like :»*aucgandhih kayak}
(a foul-smelling body) is formed with the suffix it. according
to the rule,gandhaayedut putlsusurabhibhyah(Pa~,5-4-135).Vamana
opines that the word durgandhi can not be derived with the suffix
it since,the given rule of Fanlnlfsnjoins it only after the
particjjb.es ut,putl,au and aurabhi and the particle dub is not
included in this list.
audatyadayah prativldheyah(5-3-68):-cf..Fanlnia 5-4-141,6-4-143
and 5-4-145.In the expressions OTsa dakaarosat sudatiT sasarja"
and waikharadati pa tat 1 raa^aa” we have the words audati in nom*
singular and aikharadati in vacative singular.The word sudati
6dlfl.d b® formed by substituting danta by datr according to the
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pratlaedhatC5-2-69)s«
cf^SSiSilxn the expression ’’plavanga nakha kotibhih kaatadrid
a .... -—r - **■ —iT... "S1 r
horaao rakaasah” we have the word kgatadrdho raaah in nom,
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and then ava l^as( a F3d*s ihi)ava ?£aa ehisavehl by the rule,
apanganetreti lugalabhyaht5-S-7i)s-
l.nw»i'»iwi i mm w .■ w—w—wwmii wwii ■■■i—wtewi**—I
Vamana seems to have skipped over the second pada of the sixth
adhyaya of the Agtadhyayi because this rule has a direct referesCw-
to Panini»a 6-3-12#The qord apanganetra which has got to be
expounded as#apange netram yaayah aa.ia incorrect because with
deference to Panini»s ruletaraurddhamastakat avangadakajne(6-3-12)
the <s in apange can not be elided#The correct form would be
apangenetra.
neatah sliataprlya dayah.pumvad bhava pratiaedhat(5-2-72)#cf#
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Paninls ^
6-3-34#The words like aliata prlyah and vlaliatakantah
are not corr«ect#$he earlier members of these compound i#e#,
aliata and visitsta ©aa not have pumvadbhava) because of the
word priya being the second member in both the cases aa such
a pumvadbhava is prohibited in case of the following of the
iw> iiii#ju nr »■>«■ ■■ iwwg##—a *■*'
In this rule Vaiaana defends the form of the prope r names tilaka
vatj and kanakavati,etc*by saying that these words are to be
read in the ajlradi gana,Unless read in the ajradigana.these
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that these two forms are derived from two different roots
Divadi guna w© have the form nisamya and from the root sam
This rule also refers to Faninia 6-4-86*We have the two verb
forms samyamya and nlyamya with the suffix lya|i after the root
forms as samyamayya and nlyamayya with nic and the same nic
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are correct because we do not have nic with the root yam in
the given forms because of the bar® root itself conveying the
understood*
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What is the root involved in this form? We can. not derive it Sap
i
have i for its final vowel other wise directed by the rule,
suggests that the form prapiya is derived from the root pi,to
drink(pin pane),which alrady ends in the long li and need not
depend on Pa, 6-4-86 for the same •This rule of. Vamana is said
to be after the Kis’ika because the example prapaya is given
daurhrda* k
is also doubtful.
nanguliaanga ltl,murddhanya"vldfceh(5-2-90)s-