Tradition and argument in classical Indian linguistics : the bahiran̊ga-paribhāṣā in the Paribhāṣenduśekhara

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by  Johannes Bronkhorst.

Tradition and Argument in
Classical Indian Linguistics

Tradition and Argument in
Classical Indian Linguistics
The Bahiranga-Paribhasa
in theParibhdsendusekhara
JOHANNES BRONKHORST
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Abbreviations and Primary Sources vii
Other Works Referred to x
Preface xi
Introduction xiii
PART I: NAGESA'S INTERPRETATION OF THE BP
1. The Structure of Nagesa's discussion 3
2. The Meanings of Anga 15
3. The Justifications of the Paribhasa 29
4. Restrictions on the Use of the BP 37
5. The Two-Word Principle 49
6. Summary and Illustrations 54
PART II: MORE FROM THE P$ ON PAR. L
7. Some Difficult Passages in the Discussion of Par. L (I) 61
8. Some Difficult Passages in the Discussion of Par. L (II) 73
9. Vaidyanatha Payagunda and SesadrisudhI 81
10. An Apparent Contradiction Resolved 90
11. Excursus: On the Development of Certain of Nagesa's
Ideas Regarding the Philosophy of Grammar 104
12. A Use of BP in the Context of BPi 109
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PART III: THE REMAINDER OF THE P$
13. Par. LI 117
14. Further Passages from the PS 129
PART IV: WHAT WENT WRONG?
15. Vaidyanatha Payagunda on Par. L 143
16. Concluding Remarks 153
VI TABLE OF CONTENTS
APPENDICES
I. The Original Text of the Paribhasendusekhara on Par. L 157
II. A Contradiction in the PS 163
III. On the Relative Chronology of Nagesa's Grammatical
Works 173
IV. Changes in Nagesa's Opinions Regarding the BP and 177
the NP
V. The Laghusabdaratna 188
Notes 193
Index 211
ABBREVIATIONS AND PRIMARY SOURCES
a: antarahga. A concise statement of the meanings of this term can be found on p. 54.
b: bahirahga. A concise statement of the meanings of this term can be found on p. 54.
Balamanorama : Commentary on the SK, by Vasudeva Dlksita. Edition used: Balamanoramd-
sahita Vaiyakaranasiddhantakaumudi, KasT Samskrta Granthamala 136, Chaukhambha
Sanskrit Samsthan, Varanasi, 1976 (4 parts).
Bhairavi : Commentary on the PS, by Bhairava Misra. Edition used: Paribhdsendusekharah
BhairavamisrakrtatTkaya samalahkrtah. Chaukhambha, Benares, 1905.
BP: Bahiraftga-paribhasa. A short description of the workings of this Paribhasa is found on
pp. 54-55.
Brhacchabdaratna, commentary on the PrM, by Hari Dlksita, Edition used: Praudha-
manoramd together with Brihacchabdaratna and Laghusabdaratna, first volume, edited by
Sitaram Shastri, Benares Hindu University, Varanasi, 1964.
B$S\ Brhacchabdendusekhara, commentary on the SK, by Nagesa Bhatta. Edition used:
Brhat-Sabdendusekhara, edited by Sitaram Shastri, Sarasvati Bhavana Granthamala vol.
87, Varanasi, 1960 (in three parts).
Gada : Commentary on the P£ by Vaidyanatha Payagunda. Edition used: Vaidyanathakrtaga-
ddtlkaswnvalitah Paribhasendusekharah, Anandasrama, Poona, 1913.
K. : The Paribhasendusekhara of Nagojibhatta, edited and explained by F. Kielhorn, Part II,
Translation and Notes. Second edition by K. V. Abhyankar, BORI, Poona, 1960.
Kala: Commentary on the LA/, by Vaidyanatha Payagunda. For the edition used, see LM.
LM\ Vaiyakaranasiddhantaiaghumanjusa, by Nagesa Bhatta Edition used: Chowkhamba
Sanskrit Series, Benares, 1925.
L$R: Laghusabdaratna, a commentary on the PrM. Regarding the authorship, see Appendix
V. Two partial edition have been used: (i) BHU ed., for which see B$R; (ii) Chaukhambha
ed. II. The cover of this second book contains the following (partly handwritten)
information: KasT Samskrta Granthamala 58, Praudhamanorama II, Caukhambha
Samskrta Samsthana. Since the title page is missing, no further data are available.
Vll
viii ABBREVIATIONS AND PRIMARY SOURCES
: Laghusabdendusekhara, a commentary on the SK, by Nagesa Bhatta. For the portion
from the beginning until the end of the kdrakaprakarana the edition with the commentary
begun by Tata Subbaraya Sastri and continued by Peri Venkateswara Sastri (Andhra
University Series No. 26, Kumbakonam, 1941, two volumes) has been used; and from the
tatpurusasamdsaprakarana until the end, the edition of Gopalasastrl Nene, part II
(Varanasl, Samvat, 1979).
Mbh: The Vyakarana-Mahdbhdsya of Patanjali, edited by F. Kielhorn. Third edition by
K. V. Abhyankar, BORI, Poona, 1962-72 (3 volumes).
MP: Mahdbhdsyapradipa, a commentary on the Mahdbhdsya, by Kaiyata. The edition used is
the Mahdbhdsya edition published in Rohatak, 1962-63 (5 volumes).
MPS: Pratydkhydnasamgraha of Nagojl Bhatta, edited in Sdrasvati Susamd 2-3 (1943, 45).
MPU: Mahdbhdsyapradipoddyota, commentary on the MP, by Nagesa Bhatta. For the
edition used see MP.
NP: Najanantarya-paribhasa. This is Par. LI in the P$.
P.: Paninian sutra.
Par.: Paribhasa.
PLM: Vaiydkaranasiddhantaparamalaghwnafijusd, by Nagesa Bhatta. The edition and
translation of Kapil Deva Shastri, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, 1975, has been
used.
PrM: Praudhamanoramd, a commentary on the SK, by Bhattoji DTksita. For the two editions
used, see L$R.
PS: Paribhdsasamgraha (a collection of original works on Vyakarana Paribhasas), edited by
K. V. Abhyankar, BORI, Poona, 1967.
PS'.The Pahbhdsendusekhara of Ndgojlbhatta* edited critically with the commentary
Tattvadarsa of Vasudev Shastri Abhyankar, by K. V. Abhyankar, BORI, Poona, 1962.
Sabdakaustubha. Commentary on the Astddhydyh by Bhattoji DTksita. Edition used: Kasu
Samvat, 1955.
SK: VaiydkaranasiddhdntakaumudT, Bhattoji DTksita. Edition used: Chaukhambha Orientalia,
VaranasT, 1975.2
SV.Sphotavdda of Ndgesabhatta, edited by V. Krishnamacharya, with his owncommentary
SubodhinT, The Adyar Library and Research Centre, Madras, 1977.2
Tattvadarsa: See P$.
ABBREVIATIONS AND PRIMARY SOURCES ix
V.: varttika.
Vijayd: Commentary on the P$, by Jayadeva Mishra. Edition used: Paribhasendusekharah
Vijaydkhyavydkhyaya samalankrtah, Tlfabhukti-Prakasana, I la ha ba da, 1968.
VSM: Vaiyakaranasiddhantamanjitsa, by Nagesa Bhatta. Unpublished.