number of verbal roots in Sanskrit

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S K

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May 17, 2019, 3:24:28 PM5/17/19
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Dhatupatha claims there are around 2000 verbal roots in Sanskrit - but in reality only around half are actually attested in Sanskrit works.

Whitney the American Sanskritist was quite skeptical about the 2000 verbal roots claimed by Indian grammarians.

Some folks discovered unattested roots in Sanskrit attested in Prakrits.

Do we have a final count of how many attested (including Prakrits) verbal roots exist in Sanskrit?

ken p

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May 17, 2019, 4:47:27 PM5/17/19
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On the Verbal Roots of the Sanskrit Language and of the sanskrit grammarians


A complete list auf Sanskrit Verbal Roots with English translation. Devanagari, Roman transliteration (IAST with diacritical marks and simplified Sanskrit). More than 2100 Sanskrit Verbal Roots, an easy reference and a powerful tool for learning Sanskrit and for translation. This list of Sanskrit verbal roots is in the order of Roman (english) alphabeth, making it easier to look for a specific Sanskrit Root.


https://wiki.yoga-vidya.de/Sanskrit_Verbal_Roots_List_with_English_Translation






P S

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May 17, 2019, 8:03:54 PM5/17/19
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How do you intend to use this information, even if such a final count is available? :-)

Amba Kulkarni

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May 17, 2019, 11:29:37 PM5/17/19
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Hello,

There is no 'standard' or unique Dhaatupaatha. There are variations. The differences are pertaining to pada, set/anit and also the meaning.

You may refer to my student's thesis on the Concordance of Dhaatuv.rttis at http://sanskrit.uohyd.ac.in/faculty/amba/PUBLICATIONS/Student_Thesis/shailaja_PhD.pdf


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ken p

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May 18, 2019, 6:41:43 AM5/18/19
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SK,
Here is missing link for above statement.
https://wiki.yoga-vidya.de/Sanskrit_Verbal_Roots_List_with_English_Translation
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