Meanings/Defintions in the Dhatupatha

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SM Katre, in the introduction to his translation (with notes) of the

aSTAdhyayI, states that the dhAtupATha was originally just a register

and not a lexicon:

 

"In the formulation of rules special use is made of three declensional

groups of affixes: ablative for indicating the right context, locative

for the left context and genitive for the substituendum. Special use of

the locative is made to indicate (a) the subordinate word [upa-pada-] in

a compound expression derived from a verbal stem and (b) also to

indicate the meaning of an expression, particularly with reference to

those of verbal stems. This is followed regularly in the meanings

assigned to verbal stems in the Dhatu-patha which, as originally

compiled, did not contain the meanings."

 

So, at what point were meanings added? Was this done by Panini or by

others after him?

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You might like to have a look at my article:

 

"Meaning entries in Paa.nini's Dhaatupaa.tha." Journal of

Indian Philosophy 9 (1981), pp. 335-357.

 

Johannes Bronkhorst

 

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> SM Katre, in the introduction to his translation (with

> notes) of the aSTAdhyayI, states that the dhAtupATha was

> originally just a register and not a lexicon:

>

> "In the formulation of rules special use is made of three

> declensional groups of affixes: ablative for indicating

> the right context, locative for the left context and

> genitive for the substituendum. Special use of the

> locative is made to indicate (a) the subordinate word

> [upa-pada-] in a compound expression derived from a verbal

> stem and (b) also to indicate the meaning of an expression

> , particularly with reference to those of verbal stems.

> This is followed regularly in the meanings assigned to

> verbal stems in the Dhatu-patha which, as originally

> compiled, did not contain the meanings."

>

> So, at what point were meanings added? Was this done by

> Panini or by others after him?

>

>

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On Mon, 2007-01-22 at 15:06 +0100, johannes.bronkhorst (AT) unil (DOT) ch wrote:

 

> > So, at what point were meanings added? Was this done by

> > Panini or by others after him?

 

> You might like to have a look at my article:

>

> "Meaning entries in Paa.nini's Dhaatupaa.tha." Journal of

> Indian Philosophy 9 (1981), pp. 335-357.

 

Thank you for the reference.

 

It seems that JIP is "available" online at the Springerlink site, at

murderous prices of course (typical for academic publishers, sigh.)

Here is the entry:

http://www.springerlink.com/content/q148u1022v264653

 

However, the PDF file is advertised as being only 3K in size, which is

basically impossible for an article of 23 pages. So, shelling out $32

(ouch!) for a 3K dud doesn't commend itself. I suppose I'll have to

look elsewhere (I'm not connected with academia in any way, so my access

to specialized journals is very limited.)

 

Is there a simple answer to the question of whether the dhatupatha had

meanings attached in Panini's time? I understand that there were later

additions of all sorts, so this is a matter of *some* (rather than all)

meanings carrying "Paninian authority".

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Can you make text of this article available free for the readers, please.