Raniniyavyakaranodaharanakosah; La grammaire panineenne par ses exemples; Paninian Grammar through Its Examples, vol. IV1-2: Taddhitaprakaranam; Le livre des formes derives secondaires; The Book of Secondary Derivatives.

• Author: Scharf, Peter M.
• Position: Book review

Raniniyavyakaranodaharanakosah; La grammaire panineenne par ses exemples; Paninian Grammar through Its Examples, vol. IV1-2: Taddhitaprakaranam; Le livre des formes derives secondaires; The Book of Secondary Derivatives. By F. GRIMAL, V. VENKATARAJA SARMA, and S. LAKSHMINARASIMHAM. Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha Series, vols. 302, 303; Collection indologie vol. 93.4.1, 2. Tirupati: RASHTRIYA SANSKRIT VIDYAPEETHA; Pondiche'ry: ECOLE FRANQAISE D'EXTREME-ORIENT; INSTITUTE FRANCAISE DE PONDICHERY, 2015. Pp. xvi + 1397. Rs. 570 per vol.

As I pointed out in my review of volumes I--II and III.2 of Paninian Grammar through Its Examples (JAOS 129.4 [2009]: 715-19; JAOS 131.4 [2011]: 663-65), the volumes of this work provide valuable lexical access to the sophisticated linguistic analysis undertaken by the Indian grammatical tradition. These volumes thereby complement works dealing with Paninian grammar systematically, and translations and commentaries of grammatical texts in the extensive Indian linguistic tradition. Paninian Grammar through Its Examples serves as a lexical resource by providing semantic and cultural information embedded in the derivation of words in the Paninian grammatical system while it serves as a research aid and educational resource by providing examples of how the Paninian derivational system works. A collaboration of French and Indian scholars, these volumes transmit traditional learning in an accessible form.

The work under review constitutes the two parts of the fourth volume in the series of nine planned volumes of Paninian Grammar through Its Examples. Volume IV deals with the derivation of secondary nominal derivates treated in the second quarter of Bhattojidiksita's Siddhdntakaumudl in the Taddhitadhikara-prakarana (prakaranas 26-41; sutras 1072-2138). These sections concern the formation of patronymics, terms for items dyed, for times associated with certain constellations or full-moon days, for Vedic hymns, for chariots covered with certain fabrics, for food preparations, for left-over food, for a vow to sleep on the bare ground, for offerings to certain deities, for various groups of animals, for places according to who built it, who dwells there, or what is nearby, for battles, for scholars according to what they study, for objects made or acquired in a certain place, for what something consists of, for abstract properties, and for just about anything related to something else.

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