The Ashtádhyáyí of Pánini Volume 7

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 Excerpt: ...I. 22). The word WHR! governs the subsequent sutra upto VII. 2. 114. X& t% II « II Tft »:, fe 8 fftrs 111 rrrro fpsrtt PrKr 11 auirWr rerlr 11 85. Before a case-ending beginning with a consonant, Sit is substituted for the final of II As KWIK, tfPf1. I' But TV. W-before affixes beginning with a vowel. Why 'a case ending'? Observe'nr.." II 86. 3TT is substituted for the final of3TTandj-3WT$ before a case-ending, beginning with a consonant, when it is not a substitute. The substitute case-endings are given in VII. I. 27 &c. Thus g«trf! ST?Hrf»t!, gsTfJ, HWHB" Why do we say 'when it is not a substitute'? Observe gwiiand 3?Wf (VII. I 31). The anuvritti of need not be read into this sutra from the preceding, for if that were so, the mention of STHfttr would become redundant, because as a matter of fact no substitute case-ending begins with a consonant. However, reading this sutra with VII. 2. 89, we find that the scope of the present sutra is before consonant beginning affixes. fecfimqi II W II II fedNmiH, II 87. arr is substituted for the final of and arw beforo the endings of the Accusative. As tw, 3nr, STRnr, gwjn and asTCTR. II This rule applies to endings which are even substitutes, otherwise the last rule would have been sufficient. See VII. 2. 28, 29, and VII. 2. 92 and 97. srroTrr«r fsn Wtttth: Ii n rf?r n sntmprr., =3-, n%, Xinnih 11 88. 3rr is substituted for the final of 3Tf and arT before the ending of the Norn. Du. in the Secular literature. As gPti snTlll Why of the nomnative? Observe 3ts, nTOt:i Why in the Dual? Observe w, nil, qii 11 Why in the secular literature? Observe 3 TOrPr tteHT raT» in the Veda, so also mi II?fh% 11 ll qrffr 11 r., atfsr n 89. T is substituted for the final of 3jt? and 3TWj ...