Dear Jim,
I do not know any story, but the following two verses from Rāmabhadra Dīkṣita’s
Patañjalicaritam present a version of the double patronymic indicated in Monier Williams and in the references Victor cited.
If I understand correctly, Paṇin is a great grandfather, who has a son called Pāṇina; this son has a son by the same name (Pāṇina junior), who marries Dakṣa’s daughter, and the two name their son Pāṇini.
paṇīti kaścin munir asti pūrvaṃ sa pāṇinaṃ nāma kumāram āpa
।
svatulyanāmnā tanayena so'pi dākṣīm udūḍhāṃ dṛḍham abhyanandat
।।
2.47
sa pāṇino dakṣabhuvā purandhyā ripuḥ purāṇām umayeva reme
। kāle muniḥ skanda iva prasūto harṣaṃ tayoḥ pāṇinir apy akārṣīt
।।
2.48
All the Best,
Talia
Talia Ariav
PhD Candidate
South Asian Languages and Civilizations
Univeristy of Chicago
From: INDOLOGY <indology-bounces@list.indology.info> on behalf of Jim Ryan via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info>
Reply-To: Jim Ryan <jim_ryan@comcast.net>
Date: Tuesday, 14 September 2021 at 13:31
To: victor davella <vbd203@googlemail.com>
Cc: Indology <indology@list.indology.info>
Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Pāṇini
Victor, Guy, Dan,
Thanks for your responses. I, of course, was looking for possible “pseudo-etymologies” for the name “Pāṇini,” thinking there may be one (or more) like there is for Patañjali (the yogin). But, interestingly, conditioned by my teacher some
years ago, Frances Wilson, I always go first to Apte’s dictionary. Frances disdained Monier-Williams because it gave the words in transliteration and not in Devanāgarī! Apte in this case was unhelpful. I usually, anyway, always look at Monier-Williams aside
Apte for things, as both dictionaries contain items the other doesn’t. But, obviously, I didn’t do my back-up work in this case.
Still wondering if there may be mythological stories about Pāṇini and, now, his family line. A double patronymic. Would this mean then, that his grandfather is Pāṇin?
Victor, some of what you’ve posted I cant’ decipher because I don’t know Pānini well enough, his “code-words” for forms and categories. But part of it, seems to basically spell out what Guy and Dan were pointing out, it seems.
Jim