An Account of the Different Existing Systems of Sanskrit Grammar c7.2

c7.2

² In the passage cited Mallinātha says that while Pāṇini allows only the form विश्रम Chandra allows विश्राम also. As a matter of fact Chandra allows only one form (Chandra sūtra vi. 1.42); it is Śakaṭāyana and Hemachandra who allow both the forms, which are indiscriminately used in classical Sanskrit. Presumably, therefore, Mallinātha either had access to a work of the Chāndra school not known to us, or more probably he meant by Chandra Hema-chandra, unless the whole is a positive mistake. I owe this note to Mr. Krishṇaji Govinda Oka, editor of the Kshīrataraṅgiṇī.