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 <[email protected]> on behalf of Jim Ryan via INDOLOGY <[email protected]> Reply-To: Jim Ryan <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, 14 September 2021 at 13:31 To: victor davella <[email protected]> Cc: Indology <[email protected]> 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 On Sep 12, 2021, at 12:30 PM, victor davella <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Dear Jim, I've pasted below two derivations given in commentaries to the Prakriyākaumudī or Rāmacandra; the first is by Viṭṭhala in his Prasāda (p. 3 of the first volume) and the second (spanning two portions) is by Kṛṣṇa Śeṣa in his Prakāśa (pp. 8ff. of the first volume). The former text can be downloaded here<https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YrjVLXHkqneSwwEjNzWK2vx_CNfA-sHn?usp=sharing>. The latter, here<https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NysQ-LteMaqetcAjSKp3QnnxbxOLyLYU?usp=sharing>. Hope that's helpful. All the Best, Victor <image.png> <image.png> <image.png> On Sun, Sep 12, 2021 at 7:00 PM Jim Ryan via INDOLOGY <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi, I'm curious if there are any creative etymologies or mythological explanations for the name “Pāṇini.” I don’t recall encountering any over the years. The word itself seems to be neuter in gender (if we assume an “in” suffix) and therefore somewhat unusual in designating a person. Jim Ryan Asian Philosophies and Cultures (Emeritus) California Institute of Integral Studies 1453 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94103 _______________________________________________ INDOLOGY mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
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