Terms for Negation ?

[David Mellins]

The other Jhalkīkar (Vāmanācārya) similarly quotes in the *Bālabodhinī*, a
composite commentary on the *Kāvyaprakāśa*:

"tatsādṛśyaṃ tadanyatvaṃ tadalpatvaṃ virodhitā aprāṣastyam abhāvaś ca
nañarthāḥ ṣaṭprakīrtitāḥ".

Jhalkikar provides a significant note exemplifying each of the six types of
negation, but like his brother, he does not mention the source of the quote.

I remember searching quite a bit for this quote when I was writing my
dissertation in what I thought were the most likely sources but to no
avail. Perhaps others have had greater success?

David Mellins
Senior Research Fellow
Mangalam Research Center for Buddhist Languages

On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 12:52 PM, Deshpande, Madhav <mmdesh at umich.edu> wrote:

> A correction to my information.  This citation is from the 3rd edition of
> the Nyāyakośa enlarged by Vāsudevashastri Abhyankar.
>
> Madhav
>
> Madhav M. Deshpande
> Professor of Sanskrit and Linguistics
> Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
> 202 South Thayer Street, Suite 6111
> The University of Michigan
> Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104-1608, USA
> ________________________________________
> From: Indology [INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk] on behalf of Deshpande, Madhav [
> mmdesh at UMICH.EDU]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 3:40 PM
> To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
> Subject: [INDOLOGY] FW: [INDOLOGY] Terms for Negation ?
>
> From: Deshpande, Madhav
> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 3:35 PM
> To: Stephen Hodge
> Subject: RE: [INDOLOGY] Terms for Negation ?
>
> Hello Stephen,
>
>     The Nyāyakośa of Bhīmācārya Jhalkikar (2nd edition, BORI, Pune, 1928,
> p. 399) quotes a traditional verse giving six meaning of negation:
>
> sādṛśyam tad-abhāvaś ca tad-anyatvaṃ tad-alpatā / aprāśastyaṃ virodhaś ca
> nañ-arthāḥ ṣaṭ prakīrtitāḥ //
>
> No source is given for this verse, but I have heard it being cited when I
> was reading Śāstric Sanskrit works in Pune.  Best,
>
> Madhav
>
> Madhav M. Deshpande
> Professor of Sanskrit and Linguistics
> Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
> 202 South Thayer Street, Suite 6111
> The University of Michigan
> Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104-1608, USA
> ________________________________________
> From: Indology [INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk] on behalf of Stephen Hodge [
> s.hodge at PADMACHOLING.PLUS.COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 1:32 PM
> To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
> Subject: [INDOLOGY] Terms for Negation ?
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> The general term in tradtional Sanskrit grammars for negation is, of
> course,
> pratiṣedha.  Due to my lack of in-depth familiarity with the traditional
> grammars, I wonder if somebody might be able to help me.  I am trying to
> find Sanskrit terms, if any, for the different sub-classes of negation, in
> particular for the various types of "a-" (for the negative of privation
> etc). All I can find are examples of about 6 sub-categories, but no
> terminology. I am trying to retrovert with a modicom of accuracy some terms
> from Tibetan. Any suggestions most welcome.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Stephen Hodge
>


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