A note containing an explanation on a grammatical metarule asiddham bahiraṅgam antaraṅge
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Abstract
This document is a note on explanation of asiddham bahiraṅgam antaraṅge, a metarule of Pāṇinian grammatical system.
Diplomatic edition
[1r]
1पदावधिकेऽन्वाख्यानेग्रामणीशब्दाद्औङिनपुंसकाच्चेतिश्यादेशेग्रामणीईत्यवस्थायामिको2ऽचीत्यस्यह्रस्वोनपुंसकइत्यस्यचप्राप्तौनित्याद्इकोचिविभक्ताव्इत्यनेननुमाग
3मेप्राप्तेतन्नभवति•कुतइतिचेन्नित्याद्अंन्तरंगंवलीयइतिपरिभाषयासिद्धम्व
4हिरंगमन्तरंङ्गइतिपरिभाषयासिध्यतीतिवाच्यमितिप्राङ्भिरित्युक्तम्•कस्मादितिचेत्•शृणु•
5अंतरंगइति•अंतरंगेकर्तव्यइति•स्यात्•यत्रजातवहिरंगोभवेत्तत्रासिद्धिम्वहिरङ्गमन्तर
6ङ्गइतिपरिभाषायाःप्रवृत्तिःस्यात्•यत्रसमकालप्राप्तिर्भवेत्•तत्रनित्यादंन्तरङ्ग
7इत्यस्यप्रवृत्तिस्यादित्युक्तंतन्न•अन्तरंगइत्यस्यकृतेकर्तव्येवेतिव्याख्यानंसुलभं
8अन्यथापूर्वत्रासिद्धमित्यत्रापितथैवस्यात्•तेनमनोरथइत्यादिनसिध्यति•
Translation
[1r]
In explanation [of the word formation process of grāmaṇinī] with regard to [what comes] after the stem: from the lexeme grāmaṇī the auṅ [element] (au/auṭ) is suffixed, the sūtra napuṃsakāc ca1 substitutes śī for auṅ, and at the stage of grāmaṇī ī the sūtra īko ’ci2 and hrasvo napuṃsake3 are both applicable. In this circumstance, the sūtra iko ’ci vibhaktau, 4 which is nitya (i.e. applying in all cases), is supposed to be applied first, with the augment num being inserted. However, its application cannot take place. If you ask why, it is because the metarule nityād antaraṅgaṃ balīyaḥ5 [applies]. The scholars of the old grammatical tradition have stated that this problem can be resolved by the metarule asiddham bahiraṅgam antaraṅge6 . If you ask how, then listen: The form antaraṅga is doubtless meant [in the sense of] antaraṅge kartavye, [that is] ‘in a context where the antaraṅga operation has applied’. It is only in situations where the preconditions for the bahiraṅga operation are prepared by the application of the antaraṅga operation that the metarule would apply. It has been proposed that in circumstances where the preconditions are met for the application of both the antaraṅga and bahiraṅga operations that the antaraṅga operation is preferred, but the meaning should not be read like that. The proper meaning of the term antaraṅge should be ‘in a context where the antaraṅga operation has already been applied or is to be applied later’. Otherwise a similar situation would exist in the [sūtra] pūrvatrāsiddham, 7 and as a result the [form] manoratha etc. would not be generated [after its application].
Commentary
This text comments on the grammatical metarule asiddham bahiraṅgam antaraṅge, 8 a metarule greatly utilized in Pāṇinian grammar to govern the rule application system. This note may be an excerpt from some commentary on the Paribhāṣenduśekhara, Siddhāntakaumudī or a similar grammatical text, or else was prepared by some scholar for his personal use. The text mainly explains the meaning of the word antaraṅge in this metarule.