In contrast with Patañjali, many modern scholars have argued that originally the rule "vipratiṣedhe paraṃ kāryam" was intended to apply only within the ekasaṃjñādhikāra prescribed by the previous rule "ā kaḍārād ekā saṃjñā." While Rishi Popat disagrees with Patañjali, he still seems to take the rule as applying across the entire Aṣṭādhyāyī. Popat has an interesting suggestion, but I am not yet convinced of his understanding of paratva. I would like to hear from my Guru, Professor Cardona.

Madhav M. Deshpande

Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies

Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India

[Residence: Campbell, California, USA]

On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 3:42 AM Arash Zeini via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Thanks for sharing this. A great example of close reading, if true. I was most intrigued by Prof. Vergiani's statement:

"Mr Rajpopat said he had a ‘eureka moment’ after his supervisor at Cambridge, Professor of Sanskrit Vincenzo Vergiani, advised him: ‘If the solution is complicated, you are probably wrong.’"

All best,
Arash

On Thu, 15 Dec 2022, 08:13 Kenneth Gregory Zysk via INDOLOGY, <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

I came across this in my morning news: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/student-solves-ancient-puzzle-that-baffled-scholars-for-centuries/ar-AA15i1XE?cvid=6546b24b0bde472b850c8525d2afe813

Best,

Ken

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