Dhatuparayanam - A Review Note

Ancient works on instruction on Sanskrit Grammar were divided under two heads, viz, Sutrapitha and Khilapatha. The latter included Dhatupatha, Ganapatha, Unidipatha and Lingnuśāšana, The earliest Dhatupatha available to us in a complete form is that of Panini, Before Panini scholarly discussion regarding enumeration and mea. ning of roots was already well-developed, Yaska's division of

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शुक्ल धातुपाठ-परम्परा की समीक्षा करते हैं: खिलपाठ का विभाजन, भागुरि, कालकृत्स्न, आपिशलि तथा शाकटायन के लुप्त धातुपारायण, पाणिनि ने स्वयं धातुपाठ रचा या नहीं यह प्रश्न, लगभग ७५० ई. के भीमसेन का धात्वर्थपाठ, तथा क्षीरस्वामी और मैत्रेयरक्षित की टीकाओं सहित दस गणों की व्यवस्था। Shukla reviews the dhatupatha tradition: the khilapatha division, the lost root-manuals of Bhaguri, Kalakrtsna, Apisali and Sakatayana, the question whether Panini composed his own list, Bhimasena's supposed arthapatha of about 750, and the ten-class arrangement with its commentaries by Ksirasvamin and Maitreyaraksita.

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