History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.341

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2041a The objections about ‘catvāri śrṅgā’ and the quotations are raised in P. M. S. I. 2. 31, which is a very long sūtra, and are answered in I. 2 32-45 P. M. S I 2 38 deals with the verse चत्वारि शृङ्गा This verse is explained in Nirukta XIII 7, in पतञ्जलि's महाभाष्य, by Sabara, by Kumārila *(Continued from last page)* (in Tantravārtika p. 155-156), by Durga and Sāyaṇa. These differ a good deal (even Kumārila widely differs from Śabara). जर्भरी तुर्फरीतू are epithets of the Aśvins and explained in Nirukta (XIII. 5), Kānukā (in Nirukta V. 10), Kīkaṭa and other words in Nirukta VI. 32. Yāska says 'Kīkaṭa is a country in which non-Āryans resided, while Tantravārtika (p. 158) first explained it as meaning a country and affirmed that a country is eternal. Then Kumārila proposes that Kīkaṭa means 'close-fisted', Pramaganda 'usurious man', 'naicā-śākham' means wealth of an impotent person. Śabara on P. M. S. I. 2. 41 (pp 156-157) विद्यमानोप्यर्थः प्रमादालस्यादिभिर्नोपलभ्यते । निगम निरुक्त व्याकरणवशेन धातुतोर्थः कल्पयितव्यः । यथा सृण्येव जर्भरी तुर्फरीतू इत्येवमादीन्यनिवृत्तोरभिधानानि द्विवचनान्तानि लक्ष्यन्ते ।' सृण्येव जर्भरी तुर्फरीतू occur in Rg. X. 106.6. the words निगम ... कल्पयितव्यः again occur in शाबरभाष्य on P. M. S. I 3 10 In तन्त्रवार्तिक p. 259 (on I. 3. 24) we find 'कास्त्न्र्यैपि व्याकरणस्य निरुक्ते हीनलक्षणाः प्रयोगा बहवो यद्वद् ब्राह्मणो अब्रवीदिति' The निरुक्त I 15 has the words सविदं विद्यास्थानं व्याकरणस्य कात्स्न्र्यम् Vide तन्त्रवार्तिक pp 268-269 for other references to निरुक्त On P. M. S. XI. 1. 24 Śabara quotes भावप्रधानमाख्यातं (निरुक्त I. 1).