Essay name: Discovery of Sanskrit Treasures (seven volumes)
Author:
Satya Vrat Shastri
Affiliation: Karnatak University / Department of Sanskrit
The series called "Discovery of Sanskrit Treasures" represents a comprehensive seven-volume compendium of Dr. Satya Vrat Shastri's research on Sanskrit and Indology. They feature a wide range of studies across major disciplines in these fields, showcasing Shastri's pioneering work. They include detailed analyses like the linguistic appraisal of Yogavasishtha, etymological studies in the Mahabharata and the Devibhagavata-purana, as well as explorations of human values as defined in ancient texts.
Volume 1 - Grammer and Linguistics
66 (of 314)
External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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Vkr in its Various Meanings tato godāvarīṃ gatvā nadim naravarātmajaul udakaṃ cakratus tasmai grdhrarājāya tāv ubhaun's samskṛtya valinam te tu vidhipūrvaṃ plavangamāḥi ājagmur udakaṃ kartum nadim śītajalāṃ subhāmı116 patanti pitaro hy esam luptapindodakakriyahı"7 patitasyodakaṃ karyaṃ sapiṇḍair bandhavair bahiḥ118 nāsya karyo 'gnisaṃskāro na ca karyodakakriyār¹9 nātrivarṣasya kartavyā bāndhavair udakakriyāı20 59 59 =
At another place in the same work √kr has been used in the
sense of 'to lay down': rṣayaś cakrire dharmam yo 'nūcānaḥ sa
no mahān21 (vide: Medhātithi's comment; cakrire
vyavasthāpitavantaḥ. Pāṇini kṛño dvitiyatṛtiyaśambabījāt kṛṣau
(5.4.58) provides us with the indication of the sense of 'tilling'
of √ky. In the expression bījākaroti kṣetram √kr means 'to till'.
The same meaning we come across in akṛtam ca kṛtāt kṣetrāt and
phālāhatam api kṣetram na kuryad yo na karayet in the Manu²²-
and the Yajnavalkya-smṛtis23 respectively. 'To spend', 'to pass',
is another sense of √kr in which it is found used in the Rgveda:
bahviḥ samā akaram antar asmin24 and the Mahābhārata verse
cakrus tenābhyanujñātā daśa varṣaṇi pañca ca. 25 This gets
support from Pāṇini samayāc ca yāpanāyām (5.4.60) which
enjoins the suffix ḍāc to the word samaya with
√ky in the sense
'to spend', 'to pass,' samayākaroti samayam yapayati
. 'To
outrage (the modesty)' is the sense of √kroin
Manu verse:
abhiṣahya tu yaḥ kanyām kuryād darpeṇa
mānavaḥ.26 To narrate
is the sense of √kr in the Daśakumāracarita
line tanmūlām
atimahatīm kathām akarot.27 In such expressions
as śūlākaroti
māṃsam formed by Panini sulāt pāke (5.4.65
) √kr means 'to
cook'. This is also the sense in such popular
expressions as
kṛtākṛtās taṇḍulāḥ28, kṛtānnam, etc. In the well
-known expression
padakāra √kr means 'to split'; (padam)
karoti = avagṛhṇāti.
In sakṛtkarir vatsaḥ formed by Panini stambaśakṛtor in
(3.2.64) √kr means 'to emit'. 'To accept
' is the sense of √kr in
expressions like därän kurvīta siddhaye
, akṛtadāraḥ, etc. In the
expression caurańkāram ākrośati
formed by Panini karmany
akrośe krñaḥ khamuñ (3.4.25) √kr means
'to cry'. Under Panini
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