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हृक्रोरन्यतरस्याम्  1.4.53

अणि कर्ता स णाविति वर्तते। हरतेः करोतेश्चाण्यन्ततोर्यःकर्ता, स ण्यन्तयोरन्यतरस्यां कर्मसंज्ञो भवति। हरति भारं माणवकः। हारयति भारं माणवकम्, माणवकेनेति वा। करोति कटं देवदत्तः, कारयति कटं देवदत्तम्, देवदत्तेनेति वा॥ 

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NathRao <rao...@gmail.com>: Jul 18 01:14PM -0700 [Due to my eyesight, I prefer to use larger type] Actually, the relevant rules are 1.4.52 (which says that the doer (kartaa) of the simple verb is the karman of the causative for certain types of verbs), and 1.4.53, which says that both karman and karaNa are allowed for the the two roots hR and kR. Thus, (1) 'patiM snAnam kArayati', and (2) 'patyA snAnam kArayati' are grammatical. Neither Mahabhashya, nor Kashika seem to add anything to this.   [There have been quite a few articles in the scholarly literature exploring the case used for the "causee" in causative construction. in Sanskrit. If you just want to know what one sees is known Sanskrit literature, Speijer's "Sanskrit Syntax", Section 49, is a good summary. Speijer's book is well-written, very readable, and freely available at archive.org. He also often notes what is said in the grammatical literature on a given topic.   One thing that is not discussed in the articles I have read is the possible influence of the speaker's primary language/variety of Prakrit. In some, the case of the causee is based on semantic grounds. This is what Speijer sees, but H. H. Hock says that this is valid only for "madhyadesa Sanskrit". In some, double accusatives are disfavored, so they would avoid things like (1) irrespective of the intended meaning. Yet others, the choice is affected by what is called the animacy hierarchy, so they will avoid not just (1), but also the more idiomatic Sanskrit "patiM snApayati".]   Regards Nath Rao   On Friday, July 17, 2026 at 10:39:45 AM UTC-4 kenp wrote:

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