use of the locative

Jim, George, and Ma Vajira,

Just a note on a particular Kacc reading. Other manuscripts and especially Mmd suggest that we should read sara icc anena etc. The same observarion applies to similar instances.

The technical use of the locative in Kacc does not differ from the one we find in Panini´s grammar or the Kaatantra that Kacc is partially based upon. The locative is used to indicate grammatical operations that apply before any given speech unit, and the ablative to operations that apply after a speech unit. Thus the statement: "saraa sare lopa.m" means: Vowels are elided before a vowel. The accusative lopa.m is also imherited from traditional Sanskrit grammar. It indicates that an operation that otherwise would have been expressed by means of a verb.

Ole

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]