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अप्राणिन् (aprANin)

 
शब्दसागरः
English
अप्राणिन्
mfn.
 (-णी-णिनी-णि) Lifeless, inanimate.
E.
 अप्राण and इनि
aff.
Capeller Eng
English
अप्राणिन्
a.
 lifeless, inanimate.
Wilson
English
अप्राणिन्
mfn.
 (-णी-णिनी-णि) Lifeless, inanimate.
E.
 अप्राण and इनि
aff.
Goldstucker
English
अप्राणिन् Tatpur. m. f. n. (-णी-णिनी-णि) Inanimate, lifeless
e. g. in Manu: अप्राणिभिर्यत्क्रियते तल्लोके द्यूतमुच्यते. (As in
Pāṇini's Sūtras the neg. अ is sometimes used in compo-
sition with a noun, when in ordinary writing it would be
more correct to employ the uncompounded न, as referring
to the verb of the sentence, the interpretation of the word
अप्राणिषु in VIII. 3. 72. and therefore the bearing of the
rule itself becomes doubtful
the Kāśikā takes the Sūtra as
if it ended: न प्राणिषु
Patanjali is less positive, for he ex-
claims, after showing the possibility of either acceptation:
किं पुनरत्रार्थसतत्त्वम् । देवा एतज्ज्ञातुमर्हन्ति
but Kaiyyaṭa
seems to think that if the gods must know it, the Paṇḍits may
have at least an opinion on the matter, viz. that अप्राणिषु is
not to be taken there in the sense of न प्राणिषु, as the unity
of the Sūtra would become disturbed by such an interpre-
tation: देवा इति । पण्डिताः पर्युदासं मन्यन्ते । संभवत्येकवा-
क्यत्वे वाक्यभेदाश्रयणस्यायुक्तत्वात् । प्रसज्यप्रतिषेधे हि वाक्यभे-
दोऽवश्यंभावी
this latter view is also taken by Bhaṭṭojid.)
E. अ neg. and प्राणिन्.