The Sumatipañjika

The history of Sanskrit grammar has largely been dominated by the work of Panini and his followers, while the history and contributions of other Sanskrit grammatical schools remain under their shadow and are little known. The present work, a first critical edition of two extracts from the Sumatipanjika (1.1 and 1.4), a commentary by the Buddhist author Sumati (10th cent.) on the grammatical work of Candragomin, founder of the eponymous Candra school of grammar, goes some way to filling in this gap. The text, presented in a critical edition followed by a diplomatic one, is based on three manuscripts (two from Nepal and one from Bengal) dating from between the 15th and 16th centuries and written in Newari script. The edition is prefaced by an introduction that discusses the history of the Candra school of Sanskrit grammar and considers how Candra grammar was kept alive in the regions of Nepal and Tibet, in dialogue with the Paninian school.ContentsAbbreviations and symbolsList of tables and figuresAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart IThe Candra School of Sanskrit Grammar: History and Literature1 Background 1.1 The discovery of Candra school manuscripts 1.2 Editions of Candravyakarana texts 1.3 Studies on the Candra tradition 1.3.1 Candragomin’s life and cultural milieu 1.3.2 The authorship of the Candravrtti in relation to the Kasikavrtti 1.3.3 The Candra tradition and texts 1.4 Preamble2 The Emergence and Development of the Candra Tradition 2.1 Manuscripts of Candra texts 2.2 Commentaries on the Candrasutra 2.3 The sub-commentaries on the Candravrtti 2.3.1 The Sabdalaksanavivanapanjika of Purnacandra 2.3.2 An unidentified commentary on the Candravrtti 2.3.3 The Candravyakaranapanjika of Ratnamati 2.3.4 Commentaries on Ratnamati’s Candravyakaranapanjika 2.3.5 The Sumatipanjika of Sumati3 Sumati and the Sumatipanjika 3.1 Sumati: his date and place 3.2 The text upon which Sumati commented 3.3 Authors and works cited in the Sumatipañjika4 The Manuscripts of the Sumatipañjika 4.1 Manuscript A 4.2 Manuscript B 4.3 Manuscript C 4.4 the origin and chronology of the manuscripts5 ConclusionPart IIA Critical Edition of the Sumatipañjika1 Introduction 1.1 Annoted edition 1.2 Diplomatic edition2 Annoted Edition of the Sumatipanjika (1.1 and 1.4)3 Diplomatic EditionAppendixes Appendix I. Sumatikirti’s literary activity Appendix II. Quotations from an unknown kavya Appendix III. Quotations from Kosas Appendix IV. Quotations from various sources Appendix V. Sutras from the vaidika and svara chapters of the Candravyakarana Appendix VI. A fragment from an unknown grammatical textBibliographyIndices Commented Candra sutras General index