Re: [INDOLOGY] Formations of the ghanāghana type

[Martin Gansten]

Thanks to Herman Tieken and Madhav Deshpande for their immediate 
responses. The examples given in /Altindische Grammatik /1 §61a 
(regrettably I don't have vol. 2.2 to hand) are similar to those cited 
by Madhav from Patañjali. Common to all is that they seem to be derived 
directly from verb roots, unlike those in §62b (such as nava-nava), 
which lack the lengthened ā (except where this is caused by sandhi, as 
in alpālpa). Am I right in concluding from this that the reduplicated 
forms with lengthened ā are all verbal nouns, and that no corresponding 
formations are made from other adjectives?

My reason for asking is that I have come across a passage (in an 
astrological text as usual) which contrasts /krūrākrūra /planets 
(causing death) with /samuyāsaumya /planets (causing victory) and 
/miśra/ planets (giving mediocre results). Interpreting the first two 
words as 'evil and not evil' and 'good and not good', respectively, 
clearly makes no sense, as both would seem to be more or less synonymous 
with /miśra/. So I am looking for alternative interpretations, though so 
far without much success.

Thanks again,
Martin


Den 2019-05-11 kl. 20:06, skrev Madhav Deshpande:
> Hello Martin,
>
>      Patañjali's Mahabhāṣya on P.6.1.12 offers several examples of 
> this type: चराचर:, चलाचल:, पतापत:, वदावद:, घनाघन:, पाटूपट:.  These 
> examples are offered to illustrate some of the Vārttikas on this rule.
>
> Madhav M. Deshpande
> Professor Emeritus
> Sanskrit and Linguistics
> University of Michigan
> [Residence: Campbell, California]
>
>
> On Sat, May 11, 2019 at 10:42 AM Tieken, H.J.H. via INDOLOGY 
> <indology at list.indology.info <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>> wrote:
>
>     Altindische Grammatik, Wackernagel und Debrunner, Bd 1, pp. 124,
>     146 and Bd 2, 2, p. 85
>
>     Herman Tieken
>     Stationsweg 58
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>     Gansten via INDOLOGY [indology at list.indology.info
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>     Onderwerp: [INDOLOGY] Formations of the ghanāghana type
>
>     With apologies for what may be a fairly basic question, I wonder if
>     anyone can direct me to an English-language (or German, or French at a
>     pinch) source discussing the formation of adjectives such as
>     ghanāghana.
>     (I assume that there are other such instances, though none comes
>     immediately to mind.) Böhtlingk/Roth and Monier-Williams give
>     references
>     to Pāṇini (6.1.12) etc., but I could do with something a little more
>     accessible.
>
>     Thanks in advance for any suggestions,
>     Martin Gansten
>
>
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