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1. Re: Request for Explanation (Sai)
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Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 11:49:06 -0600
From: Sai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] Request for Explanation
To: Ambujam Raman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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The combination of ambujam and viSveSa's explanations makes things
very clear. Thanks to both.
Taking the dhAtu kR^i (to do),
kR^i + a + ti = kar + a + ti = ??? = karoti
How does it end up as karoti?
When is guNa applied and when is vR^iddhi to a dhAtu?
Is it true that vR^iddhi is applied whne making a word "related to" the
orignal word's meaning, but not quite the original (like kArayati instead
of karoti).
You referred to things called gaNas.
Is it true that all dhAtus (roots) in sanskrit are divided into (say 10)
gaNas (groups) with different rules for word formation?
Can we define a self-existent word in sanskrit as something like,
word = gaNa_transform(guNa(dhAtu)) + pratyaya (i.e., suffix)
[nayati = guNa(nI) + ti]
related word = gaNa_transform(vR^iddhi(dhAtu)) + pratyaya
[bhAvaya = vR^iddhi(bhuu) + a]
> It is difficult to avoid jargon and technicality when one tries to be
> precise
Jargon is ok as long as a small explanation is given to
help the uninitiated. And it's ok not to be precise, as the first
priority is to give the big picture. We always learn new things by abstracting
out details initially.
- Sai.
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