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Paninian Accounts of the Vedic Subjunctive: Let Krnvaíte

Paninian Accounts of the Vedic Subjunctive: Let Krnvaíte PETER M. SCHARF PA NINIAN ACCOUNTS OF THE VEDIC SUBJUNCTIVE: LE T KR NVAI 0 TE SUMMARY To determine which Vedic texts Pa nini knew requires a comprehensive ap- proach that establishes a high correlation between the complete set of linguistic traits his treatise describes and the complete set of linguistic traits exhibited in each text in question. The examination of individual linguistic traits is in- adequate to determine which texts he knew because neither the Vedic nor the grammatical tradition is uniform and static. Bronkhorst (1991: 75) calls into question the assumption that Vedic texts were known to Pa nini in the form we have received them, while Cardona (1991: 130) shows that Pa nini ’s silence concerning certain Vedic forms may be due to deference to certain received exegetical traditions. The current paper considers a case where the Pa ninian grammatical tradition entertains disagreement over the derivation of obscure forms. Doubt concerning the recurrence of the term pit (3.4.92) into 3.4.94 brings into question whether Pa nini systematically accounts for stem strength- ening in the present subjunctive. Ka ¯ tya ¯ yana, Patan˜ jali, Jaya ¯ ditya, and Jinendra- buddhi remain silent on the point. Ra http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Indo-Iranian Journal Brill

Paninian Accounts of the Vedic Subjunctive: Let Krnvaíte

Indo-Iranian Journal , Volume 48 (1-2): 71 – Jan 1, 2005

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© 2005 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0019-7246
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10.1007/s10783-005-8894-5
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Abstract

PETER M. SCHARF PA NINIAN ACCOUNTS OF THE VEDIC SUBJUNCTIVE: LE T KR NVAI 0 TE SUMMARY To determine which Vedic texts Pa nini knew requires a comprehensive ap- proach that establishes a high correlation between the complete set of linguistic traits his treatise describes and the complete set of linguistic traits exhibited in each text in question. The examination of individual linguistic traits is in- adequate to determine which texts he knew because neither the Vedic nor the grammatical tradition is uniform and static. Bronkhorst (1991: 75) calls into question the assumption that Vedic texts were known to Pa nini in the form we have received them, while Cardona (1991: 130) shows that Pa nini ’s silence concerning certain Vedic forms may be due to deference to certain received exegetical traditions. The current paper considers a case where the Pa ninian grammatical tradition entertains disagreement over the derivation of obscure forms. Doubt concerning the recurrence of the term pit (3.4.92) into 3.4.94 brings into question whether Pa nini systematically accounts for stem strength- ening in the present subjunctive. Ka ¯ tya ¯ yana, Patan˜ jali, Jaya ¯ ditya, and Jinendra- buddhi remain silent on the point. Ra

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Published: Jan 1, 2005

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