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Hi Jim!

Hope you're having as pleasant of a Sunday as I am. Here are some
more of my 'getting oriented' notes on the Saddaniiti which I hope
may be of interest to you and others.

The comments you sent were helpful, many thanks. I'm taking them on
board, and may respond to some of them later. Here's an attempt to
start translating the Padamaala's section (pariccheda) titles, along
with some incomplete notes about the contents of a couple of the
sections.

best regards,

/Rett

>I. Padamaalaa. (pp. 1-314)
>
>  1. Savikara.naakhyaatavibhaago naama pa.thamo paricchedo. 1
>  2. Bhavatino kiriyaapadamaalaavibhaago naama dutiyo paricchedo. 13
>  3. Paki.n.nakavinicchayo naama tatiyo paricchedo. 30
>  4. Bhuudhaatumayaana.m tividhali"ngikaana.m naamikaruupaana.m
>        vibhaago catuttho paricchedo. 59
>

I. The Garland of Words

1. Enumeration of finite verbs together with (their) conjugational infixes.
2. Enumeration of the verbal paradigm (or garland) of bhavati.
3. Miscellaneous analysis
4. Enumeration of nominal forms composed from the root bhu and having
the three genders.

Translation notes:

I've left out 'naama x-iyo paricchedo' in favor of just a section number.

2. I'm taking _bhavatino_ as a genitive singular meaning 'of (the
form) bhavati'. i.e. it's the -o genitive ending (skr -as) by analogy
with hatthino (of the elephant). I'm a bit unsure of this form, since
it would never have been in the form _bhavatin_, but the chapter has
a list of conjugations of bhavati so it seems at least not impossible.

4. literally 'having the three-fold gender'

Contents notes (just for starters, very incomplete, and some of these
are _borrowed from the work of others_):

Section one starts out with the definition of a root (dhaatu), p2,
5-19. It states the conjugations (or verb classes) from around p2
line 20. These are, for example the _bhu_ class (ga.na), the _rudh_
class etc up to the _cor_ class. It has a list of the conjugational
infixes (vikara.na) p3, 11- 22. These are the endings you add to a
root prior to adding the conjugational ending.

Section two starts out with a presentation of the 'tense' system,
with examples of the conjugated verbal endings for the present,
imperative, optative, perfect (rare), hiyyatani (?), aorist, future
and conditional tenses. (I'm using the word 'tense' here very
loosely). Starting at around p14, line 14, is a basic definition of
active vs middle forms (parassapada/attanopada) From around p14, line
26 you find definitions of the 3 persons of a verb 1st, 2nd and 3rd
person). Page 15 starts with 6 definitions or interpretations of the
term 'vibhatti' (or conjugational/declinational form). Page 20, line
24 to page 21, line 25 describes the 3 functions of finite verb forms
with reference to time, kaaraka and place.