Sahrdayaloka Part 02

SR No.: 006909
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Tapasvi Nandi
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 2005
Total Pages: 642
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 15 MB

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SAHRDAYĀLOKA an important occurrence of vi+ Vañj. We do not come across any occurrence of dhvan, or Vdhvani' in either the Nighantu or the Nirukta of Yāska.
We will now turn to the Rk-prātiśākhya, Aștādhyāyī of Pānini (Cir. 300 B.C.), and the Mahābhāșya of Patañjali (Cir. 150 B.C.), again to supplement our observations done in the earlier part of this chapter where we had sought help from some observations of Dr. Saroja Bhate. This is to supplement the same further.
In the Ķk-prātisakhya, it may be noted at the outset, we do not come across words such as vyañjanā, dhvani, etc. The word 'vyañjana', howover, in the technical sense of a 'consonant' occurs at several places. -
The Rk-prātiśākhya has. 'vyañjana' at - XVIII (patala) 32 (Sūtra;) (and, at sūtra 42, 43) vyañjanam - I. 5; 22; II. 8; VI. 14; vyañjanasya - XIV. 15; vyañjanāt - XIV. 47; XVIII. 44; vyañjanānām - XIV. 16; vyañjanāni - I. 6.23; IV.1; XVIII. 33; vyañjane - VII. 1. vyañjanena - III. 17; vyañjaneșu - VIII. 48; vyañjana-samgamam - XVIII. 40; vyañjana-sannipātaḥ - I. 37; vyañjanodayam - VII. 33; vyañjanodayāt - VI. 46. All these carry the sense of a 'consonant. In the Aştādhyāyī of Pāņini. (Cir. 300. B.C.) We get
vyañjana, occurs at II. i. 34; IV. iv. 26, and II. iv. 12. In the last two occurrences it is seen in the sense of a 'consonant'. At II. i. 34, we have, 'vyañjanair upasikte which is explained as - "dadhnā upasiktam dādhikam', - Anything that is used to enhance the relish of a principal object of eating is called a 'vyañjana', e.g. curd, in the case of rice.
Thus 'vyañjana' is that which serves to enhance the relish. We come across the same use of the term 'vyañjana', in the Nātya śāstra of Bharata wherein the Muni