Pāṇini, His Work and Its Traditions: Background and introduction

Pāṇini, His Work and Its Traditions: Background and introduction
Author: George Cardona
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1988
Genre: Sanskrit language
ISBN: 9788120804197

This is the first volume of a study of Panini`s work, its antecedents. and the traditions of interpretation and analysis to which it gave rise. This revised second editon included the text of Panini`s Astadhyayi with indications of changes that were introduced to this text and a discussion concerning such changes. Subsequent volumes take up in full detail issues of interpretation, method, and theory associated with the Astadhyayi. This first volume is meant to provide a basic for such detailed discussions.

Critical Studies in Indian Grammarians I

Critical Studies in Indian Grammarians I
Author: Madhav Deshpande
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2020-08-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0472901702

In the historical study of the Indian grammarian tradition, a line of demarcation can often be drawn between the conformity of a system with the well-known grammar of Pāṇini and the explanatory effectiveness of that system. One element of Pāṇini’s grammar that scholars have sometimes struggled to bring across this line of demarcation is the theory of homogeneity, or sāvarṇya, which concerns the final consonants in Pāṇini’s reference catalog, as well as phonetic similarities between sounds. While modern Sanskrit scholars understand how to interpret and apply Pāṇini’s homogeneity, they still find it necessary to unravel the history of varying interpretations of the theory in subsequent grammars. Madhav Deshpande’s The Theory of Homogeneity provides a thorough account of the historical development of the theory. Proceeding first to study this conception in the Pāṇinian tradition, Deshpande then passes on to other grammatical systems. Deshpande gives attention not only to the definitions of homogeneity in these systems but also the implementation of the theory in those respective systems. Even where definitions are identical, the concept may be applied quite differently, in which cases Deshpande examines by considering the historical relationships among the various systems.

The Ashṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini

The Ashṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini
Author: Pāṇini
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Total Pages: 878
Release: 1980
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9788120804098

Panini's Ashtadhyayi represents the first attempt in the history of the world to describe and analyse the components of a language on scientific lines. It has not only been universally acclaimed as the first and foremost specimen of Descriptive Grammar but has also been the chief source of inspiration for the linguist engaged in describing languages of different regions. To understand Sanskrit language, and especially that part of it which embodies the highest aspirations of ancient Aryan people, viz., the Brahmanas, Samhitas, Upanisads, it is absolutely necessary to have a complete knowledge of the grammar elaborated by Panini. Being a masterpiece of reasoning and artistic arrangement its study is bound to cultivate intellectual powers. Western scholars have described it as a wonderful specimen or a notable manifestation of Indian intelligence. This book is an English translation of Ashtadhyayi in two volumes and has won a unique position in the world of scholarship.

Panini

Panini
Author: Georgio R. Cardona
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2019-05-20
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110800101

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Pāṇini as a Linguist

Pāṇini as a Linguist
Author: Yajan Veer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 384
Release: 1995
Genre: Sanskrit language
ISBN:

Study of Panini's Astadhyayi, classical work on Sanskrit grammar.

Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini

Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini
Author: Pāṇini
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Total Pages: 1394
Release: 1989
Genre: Sanskrit language
ISBN: 9788120805217

Panini`s grammar of sanskrit written in the sixth century B.C., is the earlist linguistic description of the language and is the source and inspiration for the development of comparative philosophy and modern linguistics. The Astadhyayi remains the most correct and complete grammer ever written and is considered a model for all grammars. Simotra M. Katre`s expert translation fo the Astadhyayi is the first English translation of the work to use Roman transliteration for the sanskrit text. Not only scholars of sanskrit but also general linguists will find accessible this new presentation fo the classic work which relies letters, italics, and small capitals to visually present the operation of Panini`s metalinguistic technique.