Prolegomena to Prakritica et Jainica

SR No.: 011088
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Satyaranjan Banerjee
Publisher: Asiatic Society
Total Pages: 248
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 17 MB

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PROLEGOMENA TO PRAKRITICA et JAINICA
side also. The implied sense of this passage, in the eye of anekānta, reflects the dilemma of the situation which will debar the husband from taking any decision for going. This is the implied sense of the passage.
The combination of sounds (or letters varņāḥ) will give us infinite number of meanings. In the following verse the one letter n in combination with the same letter n gives us a good sense. The verse in question is not really meant for alliteration, but is meant for showing the infinite power of sound combination. The verse says
na nonanunno nunnono nānā nānananā nanul nunno'nunnanno nanunneno nänenā nunnanunnanut //
(Ki XV. 14)
"No man is he who is wounded by a low man; no man is the man who wounds a low man, O ye of divine aspect; the wounded is not wounded if his master is unwounded; nor guiltless is he who wounds one sore wounded." [translated by A. B. Keith, A History of Sanskrit Literature, Oxford, 1920, p 114.)
Deep Structure, Surface Structure and Transformation.
Tātparya can be equated with the deep structure, surface structure and transformation of the modern linguistic theory.
It is normally said that sentences of all languages must have a deep structure and a surface structure. The deep structure gives the meaning of a sentence, while the surface structure gives the form of a sentence as it is used in communication. The basic idea of deep and surface structures can only be understood when a person listens to someone else speaking a language. What is most important is to find out a meaning in sounds of a language. The deep and surface structures are based on finding out a meaning in sounds. In fact, what we say is tantamount to saying that the form of a sentence is given outwardly by its surface structure, while the meaning of a sentence