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The Vocalic Declensions in Pāṇini’s Grammar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2026

B. A. van Nooten
B. A. van Nooten*
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University of California, Berkeley
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Abstract

The declension of vocalic stems in Sanskrit as taught in Pāṇini’s grammar is presented here in such a way as to highlight those sections of the grammar that function in the formation of the declensional paradigm. Conclusions are drawn about the operation of a hypothetical grammar in which rules are ordered at random and in which the only significant principle of ordering is the context of the constituents in the base form.

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Language , Volume 46 , Issue 1 , March 1970 , pp. 13 - 32
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Copyright © 1970 by Linguistic Society of America

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