[INDOLOGY] Resources for commentarial interpretations of particles

[Brendan]

In addition to the two books you mentioned, one by Angot and the other 
by Tubb and Boose, one might find useful Apte's Student Guide to 
Sanskrit Composition, where fifty or sixty particles are treated with 
brief explanations and cited examples over the lessons 21 to 28. The 
particles are taken up in (Sanskrit) alphabetical order.

Brendan Gillon


On 2018-08-13 02:33 PM, Birgit Kellner via INDOLOGY wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
>
> I was wondering whether any of you know of resources to recommend 
> especially to students on commentarial interpretations of particles, 
> especially api, ca, tu, eva, which function as connectives and logical 
> operators. I am particularly interested in presentations of the range 
> of options that are available from vyākaraṇa analysis, and discussions 
> of the metalanguage used (e.g. avadhāraṇa, samuccaya, sambhāvanā, 
> atiśaya ...).
>
> There is much material tucked away in footnotes to various 
> publications, of course, there are helpful classics like Speijer's 
> Sanskrit Syntax, there are some remarks in introductory textbooks and 
> grammar works, and some efforts were made towards compiling patterns 
> of commentarial language inTubb & Bose's "Scholastic Sanskrit" and in 
> Angot's recent "Sanskrit commentarial", and there are articles dealing 
> with specific particles and their logical implications (esp. eva), but 
> I have not come across attempts to offer more comprehensive 
> inventories of the terms śāstric commentators use in interpreting 
> particles.
>
> Pointers would be much appreciated; I'll collect responses and post a 
> list later.
>
> With best regards,
>
> Birgit kellner
>

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