Re: kaccaayanappakara.na

Dear Num,

Thank-you for this valuable contribution. I'll add something to your
number 2:

<< 2) Only some parts of the kaccayana grammar were written by
Ven.Kaccayana. The main points were written by Ven.Kaccayana but the
commentary and example were added in later. She gave reference from
The Pali literature of Ceylon, and Dict. of Pali Proper Name. >>

I will quote in full the article on Kaccaayana-vyaakara.na in the DPPN
which also refers to PLC for more details:

     "Kaccaayana-vyaakara.na. -- A treatise on Pali grammar by
Kaccaayana. The treatise is in eight divisions, each division
comprising suttas or rules, expressed with great brevity; vutti or
supplements, to render the suttas intelligible; payoga or grammatical
analyses, with examples; and nyaasa or scholia, explanatory notes of
the principal grammatical forms in the shape of questions and answers.
The nyaasa often exists as a separate book, called the
Mukhamattadiipanii. Orthodox tradition ascribes the whole work to
Mahaa Kaccaaana, but another tradition, recorded in the
Kaccaayanabheda, states that the aphorisms [suttas -ja] are by
Kaccaayana, the vutti by Sa"nghanandii, the illustrations by
Brahmadatta and the nyaasa by Vimalabuddhi --  all perhaps belonging
to the same school of Avanti (see above, s.v. Kaccaana).
     Kaccaayana's work shows clearly the influence of Sanskrit grammar,
chiefly the Kaatantra. Many later works were written about the
Kaccaayana (as it is called) or were based on it, the chief among them
being the Ruupasiddhi, the Kaccaayanabheda, the Kaccaayanasaara and
the Kaccaayanava.n.nanaa (q.v.). [1]

[1] For details see P.L.C. 179ff; Bode, 21."

In our studies of Kaccayana we will also be studying the Ruupasiddhi
and its .tiikaa. I would like to study all the three schools as I
think there is much to learn from as many grammatical works as we can
get a hold of. We can compare and take note of their similarities and
differences. There are also a lot of similarities between the Pali and
the Sanskrit grammars as well. I have long considred the Pali grammars
to be modelled on the earlier Sanskrit ones. But if is true that
Kaccayana's grammar (at least at least in the case of the short
suttas) originated much earlier with the great Kaccayana then we might
have to consider that it might be the other around with some of the
Sanskrit grammars being influenced by Kaccaayana's.

Best wishes,
Jim