The Astadhyayi of Panini (Part-2)

From the Jacket

This volume of Astadhyayi of Panini contains the English translation of the first adhyaya. It includes Sanskrit text of the sutra and their transliteration, word-boundaries with marked inflectional endings and compound-formation, anuvrtti, vrtti, examples, detailed explanatory notes, and complete derivational history of example forms cited by the Kasikavrtti. Explanatory notes are presented of facilitate proper understanding of the sutra, especially in relation to their formulation, interpretation, application and relative placement. An attempt has been made to sort out pertinent issues and explain them with reference to major commentaries. The appendix contains over 800 examples along with their complete derivational history and discussion relevant to the Paninian grammatical system.

This volume is published as second volume of the planned six-volume study. The third, fourth, fifth, and sixth volumes of this series will cover the sutras of adhyayas two-three, four-five, six and seven-eight respectively.

About the Author

Rama Nath Sharma is Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A. He received his Ph.D. (1971) in General Linguistics from the University of Rochester where he also taught Linguistics for five years. His research interest includes grammatical theory in general, and Panini and the Indian grammatical tradition, in particular.

CONTENTS

Preface	ix
Abbreviations	xiii
Sivasutra	1
Adhyaya One	5
Appendix
Derivational History of Examples
Introductory Remarks	317
Derivational History of Examples	323
Bibliography	527
Index of Derivations	531
Index of Terms	539
Index of Sutras	543

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