Catt & Kawamura (2022) 古代インド言語科学へのいざない（１） (original) (raw)
In this paper, we provide an introduction to the world of the Aṣṭādhyāyī, the renowned grammar of Sanskrit composed by the ancient Indian grammarian Pāṇini, and an annotated Japanese translation of sūtras 1.1.1–1.1.75. This paper is the first installment in our ongoing project to publish a complete Japanese translation of Pāṇini’s magisterial grammar. The annotated translation consists of four parts: (1) a word-for-word gloss of the original Sanskrit text, (2) a translation of each sūtra, (3) a summary of each sūtra, and (4) examples of how each sūtra applies to actual linguistic forms. A comprehensive, accessible, and rigorous treatment of Pāṇini’s grammar in Japanese has long been a desideratum, and it is hoped that this project will adequately fill this lacuna.
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