Acknowledgements……………………………………………………………………………6
Chapter One……………………………………………………………………………………8
1.1 Introduction to the Aṣṭādhyāyī…………………………………………………….8
1.2 Metarules in the Pāṇinian Grammatical Tradition…………………………………11
1.3 Modern Perspectives on the Functioning of the Aṣṭādhyāyī………………………14
1.4 The Traditional View on Rule Conflict……………………………………………20
1.5 Analysis of the Traditional Perspective……………………………………………23
1.6 Modern Scholarship on 1.4.2……………………………………………………..27
1.7 My Opinion……………………………………………………………………….31
Chapter Two………………………………………………………………………………….33
2.1 Two Types of Operational Rule Interaction………………………………………33
2.2 Solutions for Type 1 (SOI) and Type 2 (DOI)…………………………………….34
2.3 Evidence for My Interpretation of Para………………………………………….35
2.4 A Key Difference Between SOI and DOI………………………………………..38
2.5 Pāṇinian and Post-Pāṇinian Approaches to Derivations………………………….39
2.6 Traditional Solutions………………………………………………………………45
2.7 Examples of DOI…………………………………………………………………48
2.8 Examples of SOI………………………………………………………………….67
Chapter Three…………………………………………………………………………………83
3.1 Response to Challenges…………………………………………………………..83
3.2 DOI in the Inflection of Taddhita, Samāsa and Kr̥danta Nominal Bases………..91
3.3 SOI in Taddhita derivations……………………………………………………..107
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Chapter Four…………………………………………………………………………………109
4.1 Aṅgādhikāra…………………………………………………………………….109
4.2 Examples of Application of 1.4.13 and 6.4.1……………………………………112
4.3 Examples of DOI Conflict……………………………………………………….121
4.4 Examples of SOI…………………………………………………………………160
4.5 Selection of Examples……………………………………………………………164
4.6 Distribution of Examples of Conflict……………………………………………165
Chapter Five…………………………………………………………………………………170
5.1 Traditional Views on Asiddha and Asiddhavat………………………………….170
5.2 My Interpretation of These Three Rules………………………………………..173
Chapter Six………………………………………………………………………………….199
6.1 How and Why Pāṇini Composed 1.4.2…………………………………………199
6.2 A Summary of Post-Pāṇinian Ideas on 1.4.2……………………………………204
6.3 The Way Forward………………………………………………………………212
Appendix A: Some Pāṇinian Metarules on Substitution……………………………………219
Appendix B: 1.1.66 and 1.1.67 in the Context of Augmentation…………………………..224
Appendix C: ‘Conflicts’ Between Antaraṅga and Bahiraṅga Rules………………………229
Appendix D: Tables of Concordance………………………………………………………236
Appendix E: Some Thoughts on the Siddha Principle……………………………………..238
Appendix F: List of Sūtras Containing the Term Para…………………………………….244
Bibliography………………………………………………………………………………..247
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