Ebook: Dictionary of Paninian Grammatical Terminology

The Sanskrit sources of the terms and words listed are mainly three: the Mahäbhäsya, the Käsikävrtti, and the Nyäsa commentary, all belonging to the Päninian tradition. These works have been published in part in two series of volumes as a result of the work done with Dr. S. D. Joshi. The first series began with the publication of the Samarthähnika in 1968 and ended with the publication of the Sthänivadbhävähnika, Part II, in 1996, 12 volumes in all. The second series began with the publication of The Astädhyäyi of Pänini, Volume I, in 1992, thirteen volumes in all.


The Present Dictionary is an Index of Sanskrit words and terms used in these volumes to which a Translation and Explanations are added. The present work differs in at least 4 respects from earlier works on Sanskrit grammatical terminology, like those of O. Böhtlingk, Erklärung der grammatischen Elemente in his Päniini's Grammatik; L. Renou, Terminologie grammaticale du Sanskrit, Paris 1957 ; S. M. Katre, Dictionary of Pänini, Parts I-III, Poona 1964 , and K.V. Abhyankar and J. M. Shukla, A Dictionary of Sanskrit Grammar, Baroda 1977.


(1) It contains a considerable number of translations of words, expressions and quotations found in the sources mentioned above and elsewhere. Special attention has been paid to terms used in the Värttikas in the sections studied. (2) It contains explanations of grammatical concepts as developed in the two series of words referred to above. (3) Attention is paid to details of prakriyä. (4) Some words of general interest have been included when their precise meaning was found lacking in the standard Sanskrit Dictionaries.