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As I understand it, this rule allows one to have an unambiguous parse of a sanskrit sentence into its constituent parts (it feels a bit like "the longest prefix
by bakul 4y ago
As I understand it, this rule allows one to have an unambiguous parse of a sanskrit sentence into its constituent parts (it feels a bit like "the longest prefix match" rule used in packet forwarding!). My question is, did Pāṇini not specify this rule in his 3959 sūtras or was it somehow missed?
[Edit: covered in Rajpopat's thesis...]
- fooker 4y agoIt was not missed, just allegedly misinterpreted. The rules are not fully elaborated, we just have mnemonics similar to how children are taught trigonometric identities.