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Literary Intelligence. 



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Dr. E. Buhleb on CdTcatdyana's Sanskrit Grammar. 



I lately received through the kindness of my friend Mr. W. Stokes 

 of Madras, part of a transcript of MS. 1071 (Alph. Cat. E. T. H. 

 Col.) as well as the beginning and end of MSS. 1072 and 1073 

 which in the Catalogue raisonne as well as in the Cat. Alph. are 

 stated to contain the ancient grammar of ^akatayana, the predecessor 

 of Yaska, Panini and the author of the Mahabhashya. 



On examination, MS. 1071 proves to contain a copy of the Qabda- 

 nucasana of £akatayana with the Chintamani Vritti of Yaxavarman 

 (beginning on fol. 31 of the original MSS., p. 149 of my transcript). 

 The first thirty-one folios contain a compendium based on the same 

 work, in the style of the Siddhantakaumudi. Its author and title I am 

 unable to ascertain, as it is full of breaks in the beginning and in the 

 end. MS. 1072 contains a work called Prakriyasamgraha by Abha- 

 yacandra-siddhanta-suri, likewise giving sutras from the Qabdanucasana, 

 but if it is commentary or an abridgment of the original I cannot 

 say. MS. 1073 resembles closely MS. 1072 ; its title and author are 

 not named. 



Though I only possess about 1J pa.da of the first adhyaya of the 

 (JJabdanucasana I venture to give a notice of the work without waiting 

 for the completion of the transcript, as I think it can be proved satis- 

 factorily, that that work really belongs to the predecessor of Panini. 

 Besides, the above-mentioned compendium allows me to form a general 

 idea of the whole work. 



In order to prove the correctness of the title given, I give the text 

 of the introductory verses of the Chintamani : 



Vitaragaya namah. 



Qriyam kriyadvah sarvajnanajyotira nacvarim. 



Vicvam prakafay-accm^^^w'pcmtarthasadhanah. (1) 



Namastama (h) prabhavabhibhiitabhudyotahetave. 



Lokopakarine cabdabrahmane dvadacatmane. (2) 



Svasti crisakalajnanasamrajya, padamaptavan. 



Mahacramana-samghadhipatir-yah gdhatdyanah. (3) 



Eka ccabdambudhimbuddhimantharena pramathya yah. 



Sayacah cvi samuddadhre vicvam vyakaranamritam. (4) 



Svalpagrantham sukhopayam sampurnam yadupakramam. 



