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gaNNapATha

The 'gaNNapATha' is a text that is closely associated with the Ashtadhyayi, containing lists that are referred to in various Ashtadhyayi sutras. Clicking on the links below will take you to an external wikisource site that contains various lists in the 'gaNNapATha'.

Some of the most common references from the Ashtadhyayi are:

  • the sutra {1.4.58:prAdayaHa} refers to the list of 'upasarga' prefixes to verbs (akin to prepositions, and the verb+particle form in English) that starts with 'pra' (i.e. pra, parA, etc.)
  • the sutra {1.4.57:chAdayo'sattve} refers to the list of 'nipAta' (i.e. words that do not undergo sandhi in certain contexts) that starts with 'cha' (i.e. cha, vA, etc.)
  • the sutra {1.1.27:sarvAdIni sarvanAmAni} refers to the list of pronouns that starts with 'sarva' (i.e. sarva, viSHva, etc.)