Sharma R. N. The Astadhyayi of Panini Volume 2 (English Translation
of Adhyaya One with Sanskrit Text, Translation, Word-Boundary,
Anuvrtti, Vrtti, Explanatory Notes, Derivational History of
Examples and Indices). - Munshiram Manoharlal, 2000. - 557 p.
Part 2 of a 6-volume series.
This volume of A???dhy?y? of P??ini contains the English translation of the first adhy?ya. It includes Sanskrit text of the s?tra and their transliteration, word-boundaries with marked inflectional endings and compound-formation, anuv?tti, v?tti, examples, detailed explanatory notes, and complete derivational history of example forms cited by the Ka?ik?v?tti. Explanatory notes are presented to facilitate proper understanding of the s?tra, 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 six-volume study. The third, fourth, fifth and sixth volumes of the series will cover the s?tras of adhy?yas two-three, four-five, six, and seven-eight respectively.
Rama Nath Sharma is Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. 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 P??ini and the Indian grammatical tradition, in particular.
[Second edition 2000; first published 1990. ]
Part 2 of a 6-volume series.
This volume of A???dhy?y? of P??ini contains the English translation of the first adhy?ya. It includes Sanskrit text of the s?tra and their transliteration, word-boundaries with marked inflectional endings and compound-formation, anuv?tti, v?tti, examples, detailed explanatory notes, and complete derivational history of example forms cited by the Ka?ik?v?tti. Explanatory notes are presented to facilitate proper understanding of the s?tra, 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 six-volume study. The third, fourth, fifth and sixth volumes of the series will cover the s?tras of adhy?yas two-three, four-five, six, and seven-eight respectively.
Rama Nath Sharma is Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. 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 P??ini and the Indian grammatical tradition, in particular.
[Second edition 2000; first published 1990. ]