Talia, Many thanks. This is great.
I presume the this is the famous Ṛṣi Dakṣa alluded to here? I so, no need to reply. Jim > On Sep 14, 2021, at 4:16 AM, Talia Ariav <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 >>> <https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology>
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