SV: Kacc 10 revisited
From: Ole Holten Pind
Message: 2269
Date: 2007-11-11
Dear Jim,
<It seems that, in contrast to "pubba" (before), "adho.thita" might be
conveying the sense of something much more immediate (adjacent)>
In the commentary adho "below" contrasts with upari "above." The same
distinction is found in Vararuci´s prakrit grammar. It is really very
simple. Tatra, for instance is written ta + tr + a. r is written below t and
is therefore adho. A is implied when writing the conjunct tr. When adding
tatra to ayam one disjoins the a of tatra and joins it with the following a
of ayam above the line to yield tatraayam. The treatment of conjuncts in
Vararuci´s grammar is the same. The first rule of chapter III, for instance,
historical k in the conjunct bhattam < bhaktam is described as above
(upari), elided, and the following t as doubled. In the case of sossam <
sushma the letter below (adho) m is elided. This distinction would seem to
be strange to people who do not write conjuncts one on top of the other but
horizontally.
Ole Pind