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Excerpt from Practical Grammar of the Sanskrit Language: Arranged With Reference to the Classical Languages of Europe, for the Use of English Students
What then was the nature of Panini''s extraordinary work, which caused so complete a revolution in the cha racter of Sanskrit literary composition? It consisted of about four thousand Sutras or aphorisms, composed with the symbolic brevity of the most concise memoria tee/mica. These were to the science of Sanskrit grammar what the seed is to the tree, the bud to the full-blown ?ower. They were the germ of that series of grammatical treatises which, taking root in them, speedily germinated and rami fied in all directions. Each aphorism, in itself more dark and mystic than the darkest and most mystical of oracles, was pregnant with an endless progeny of interpretations and commentaries, sometimes as obscure as the original. About one hundred and fifty grammarians and annotators followed in the footsteps of the great Father of Sanskrit grammar, and, professing to explain and illustrate his dicta, made the display of their own philological learning the paramount aim and purpose of their disquisitions.
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What then was the nature of Panini''s extraordinary work, which caused so complete a revolution in the cha racter of Sanskrit literary composition? It consisted of about four thousand Sutras or aphorisms, composed with the symbolic brevity of the most concise memoria tee/mica. These were to the science of Sanskrit grammar what the seed is to the tree, the bud to the full-blown ?ower. They were the germ of that series of grammatical treatises which, taking root in them, speedily germinated and rami fied in all directions. Each aphorism, in itself more dark and mystic than the darkest and most mystical of oracles, was pregnant with an endless progeny of interpretations and commentaries, sometimes as obscure as the original. About one hundred and fifty grammarians and annotators followed in the footsteps of the great Father of Sanskrit grammar, and, professing to explain and illustrate his dicta, made the display of their own philological learning the paramount aim and purpose of their disquisitions.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Monier Williams
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ISBN - 9780265591307
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Page Count - 402
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Page Count - 404
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