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Aim 1875,] TARANATHA'S HISTORY OF mTDDHISU Off INDIA. in Bh iru t.ivflna. When he asked a c roomnriRt whether he poinded tluj pawnr of acquiring gratuuuituiul hmniing, am) tin- ohijo- maiitiai ana worm] in thr> nrgati'. Ic Uiu snitahla lines on till hand with u sharp pair ■iswrs, and rwrrn-il in nil ibu inastars of grammatical lore on the earth, pnrguuv ±»l urljr with the greatest eagerness; and ft* ho wua ukill discontented, hi* ( brough perseverance succeeded uiBiimmrniii his help, WliPii (he deity showed Ids fiiee and ml ii, Panini attained a knowledge of all the sounds that are to bo found in tt> dor [nrAhiiuuiisU] maintain ihaL this deity mm isvara, hut have nu special rtuoiu for belief; ibe Orthodox [JJuddhurtjf] on the contrary assort that it vr.is A t ;i I o k i to 8 - vara, and i iefctan from the J/truj^-isiwi /,•».'. i . htuutis son PA- niui will undoubtedly, through the p ,*ka , so to my prei bis. conjurations tlno nx of the J-shkI of the world/' This Panini oonv posed the gramnii.! m called tin.- 1',.';;". > xsed uf 2000 ilukas, tuunulj 10(H) ilokas 04 niuition of word.-. 1000 pf i-tpUuinttoii. This if, moreover, Ujo I if nil grammar** Before him, there were no Stiff ftu an tbn formation of word* reduced to wi d »s no system oxiatod which brought i he subject under dialing points of

i:d grammarians, who lip

special Cults of Inn:; and i v-ii, wuro esteemed as remarkably learned. Though it i« said in Tibel that the /iu6uv$ttto- ram is oJ ■, m w shall slid though it maj fiavt* poii l into the Cclustial country, in jini'* grammar wee the curliest. And though pandits assuri '■ nulratnfdkartt mt, tramdoliHl into Tibetan, agrees with I "in in i, and the KalQpuvyJkttrtiQa with the Iwlmctfdkararia^ it is universally main* lainrd that h'tinini'* grammar, in tho oopionsness of it* explanations and the systematic com ncss of u- rim. is soOTethmsj m ra." Ill - V".) " K u 1 1 d iixa * h biography in a* follows : the time win in lh« Brahman V a r a r a e h i Wis in honour at the court om Ii of V a t s ft a n In, thu king proponed ' dangl i tu V a r u mi e h i to wile. 'Munii, however, out of pride, j learned of she two, refused to be uru radii's servant. On this Vura- r n c h i determined | hcr f and mid to the king ' Invite my learned teacher, who is a hundrod'fold elevuror Lhau I, and giva your danghttT to him/ Ho saw a cowhnrd of MogtW- >i luuuhiome hguT" of a bruueh and cir Fiuvcr port ef thu brunch with an »ju*j judviug that this man moat be unusually stnpid, ho had him called and after some days" ntblyfag and hCrubbiug, hu care- fully bin b the dmss of a Brahman Piuilit., go4 I um us far a* thu expreesiao and told him in rase he found himself be- hha king and but court to throw ibwun at the king and say iwi tvaiti, hnt if any ouq else -i>ed him, by no means to answer | carrying tbi* ont when rl^ reitio throw tho flowers at the king ho said Uiafara. This tho Aeh'irya (Varnruchi) madu out to bo a blessing, thus explaining tho sense of i I W —

  • Umnjra gahiin Bud rah, Sun Vishijuli,

asoharh! ttrtftdi;' which is, being int^rprvted, liudra vrith lima, Viuhnn with .SntLkam, And rii*a holding the Bounding tridect ever- TOon 4 proeervo (you) V " Uj.vn this V & h a n 1 1 largan to ask him the meaning of diiferunt words, and when ho gacn no ad , , V:mmold asked 'How can yon C3qxx. k t my leamml teacher to answer a woman's question* f" ; and whan he hail Than tarnod nil H ; . be wml away to the i the bridegroom was curried in trimu|>h 1 the temples, he spoke nuvtrr a word, till

hi last on tho outer wall of a lorn pie tho

r« of various animals and among them thut of an os I and p Lho napect and manners of a cowherd. Then . ii 1 1 fcaid ' Alas ! ii is a cowherd . ami mvr thai uhe hud I wen played upon. She thought thai if ln» wen* clever sh Mm [he Keiiuice of bkngaagv, but on trial «be found him vsry dull of comprehnnsion. Shu became scomfal, and «nt her hushan<l i tO gather (lowers* Ln a cvrtuiu h ef Msgadhft there was a figure of tho goddess Kail, the work of n divine nrttM. To this ho curried every day on ehnndauoa of flowers, bowed before it and pi*ys«i foil of thought. Wlh.'ii ioaiiti on ouc occaskiu