masculine gender, but occasionally in the neuter gender too; e. g. उपदिष्टा इमे वर्णाः M. Bh. Ahnika 1. also मा कदाचिदवर्णे भूत् M. Bh. on Siva Sutras 3, 4. वर्णग्रहण mention of a grammatical operation concerning a single letter or caused by a single letter; cf. न वर्णग्रहणेषु (एषा अर्थवत्परिभाषा प्रवर्तते). Siradeva Pari 10. वर्णपाठ serial mention or enumera- tion of letters in the fourteen Siva Sutras. The word is also used in the sense of the alphabet given in the Pratisakhya and grammar works; cf. एवं तर्हि वर्णपाठ एव उपदेशः करिष्यते M.Bh. on P. I. 1.69. वर्णप्रकाश a minor work upon letters and their nature by a grammarian named Ghanasyama. वर्णराशि the collection of letters as mentioned in works on grammar and Pratisakhyas; cf. इति वर्णराशिः क्रमश्च R. Pr. I. 10. वर्णविकार change of one letter into another (in the formation of a word) the discussion of which is looked upon as one of the features of grammar; cf. लोपागमवर्णविकारज्ञो हृि सम्यग्वेदान्परिपालायिष्यति. M. Bh. Ahnika 1. वर्णविचाल disappearance of a letter: cf वर्णाश्रयः प्रत्ययो वर्णविचालस्यानिमित्तम्; दाक्षिः । M. Bh. on. P.I.1. 39 Vart. 10. वर्णविधि an injunction or operation conditioned by a single letter: लादेशो वर्णविधेर्भवत्यन्तरङ्गतः M. Bh. on P.1.4.2. वर्णविपर्यय changing the place of letters; cf. सिंहो वर्णविपर्ययात् Vart 20. वर्णविवेकचन्द्रिका a minor grammar work on the nature of letters by a grammarian named काशिनाथ. वर्णव्यत्यय transposition of letters; cf. वर्णव्यत्यये चार्थान्तरगमनात् ( अर्थवन्तो वर्णाः); |
M. Bh. on Siva Sutra 5; cf. कृतेस्तर्कुः कसेः सिकताः| हिंसेः सिंहृ:| वर्णव्यत्ययो नार्थ- व्यत्ययः| M. Bh. on. Siva sutra 5. वर्णसमाम्नाय a collection of letters or alphabet given traditionally. Alt- hough the Sanskrit alphabet has got everywhere the same cardinal let- ters i.e. vowels अ, इ etc., consonants क्, ख् etc., semivowels य्, र्, ल्, व, sibilants श् ष् स् ह् and a few addi- tional phonetic units such as अनुस्वार, विसर्ग and others, still their number and order differ in the different traditional enumerations. Panini has not mentioned them actually but the fourteen Siva Sutras, on which he has based his work, mention only 9 vowels and 34 consonants, the long vowels being looked upon as varieties of the short ones. The Siksa of Panini mentions 63 or 64 letters, adding the letter ळ ( दुःस्पृष्ट ); cf. त्रिषष्टिः चतुःषष्टिर्वा वर्णाः शम्भुमते मताः Panini Siksa. St.3. The Rk Pratisakhya adds four (Visarga, Jihvamuliya, Up- adhmaniya and Anusvara ) to the forty three given in the Siva Sutras and mentions 47. The Taittiriya Pratisakhya mentions 52 letters viz. 16 vowels, 25 class-consonants, 4 semivowels, six sibilants (श्, ष् , स्, ह् , क्, प् , ) and anusvara. The Vajasaneyi Pratisakhya mentions 65 letters 3 varieties of अ, इ, उ, ऋ and लृ, two varieties of ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, 25 class-consonants, four semi- vowels, four sibilants, and जिह्वामूलीय, उपध्मानीय, अनुस्वार, विसर्जनीय, नासिक्य and four यम letters; cf. एते पञ्चषष्टिवर्णा ब्रह्मराशिरात्मवाचः V. Pr. VIII. 25. The Rk Tantra gives 57 letters viz. 14 vowels, 25 class consonants, 4 semivowels, 4 sibi- lants, Visarga,.Jihvamuliya, Up- adhmaniya, Anunasika, 4 yamas and two Anusvaras. The Rk |
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