Agnipurana 348

English (machine translation) 348

Language: English

348.2 — 1 part
348.3 — 4 parts

348.1

Skanda said: / I shall declare the essence of grammar, the nature of perfected words, / for the understanding of Kātyāyana and for the instruction of children.

348.2

The technical designations such as the abbreviations (pratyāhāra) employed in the usage of the treatise [are]:

348.2.p1

a-i-u-ṇ, ṛ-ḷ-k, e-ṅ, ai-au-c, ha-ya-va-ra-ṭ, la-ṇ, ña-ma-ṅa-ṇa-na-m, jha-bha-ñ, gha-ḍha-dha-ṣ, ja-ba-ga-ḍa-da-ś, kha-pha-cha-ṭha-tha-ca-ṭa-ta-v, ka-pa-y, śa-ṣa-sa-r, ha-l. Such is the abbreviation.

348.2_2

In grammatical instruction, a final consonant is an it, [and so] is a nasalised vowel.

348.3

An initial phoneme, when apprehended together with the final it, / denotes those situated between them and itself. For example:

aṇ, eṅ, aṭ, yaṅ, chav, jham, bhaṣ, ak, ik, aṇ, iṇ, yaṇ with the second ṇa; / am, yam, ṅam, ac, ic, aic, ay, may, jhay, khay, jav, jhav, khav, cav, śav, as, has, vas, bhas, al, hal, bal, ral, jhal, śal. Such is the abbreviation.