[Advaita-l] ata eva paSavah

[V Subrahmanian]

Senani ji,

I think a blade of grass is indicated by the word 'tRNam' and not 'tRnaH'.
The Apte dictionary mentions तृणं .  As such the plural should be 'tRNAni'.


श्रावयेत् सपुरूहूतपुराधिपत्य भाग्यं लभेत रिपवश्च *तृणानि* तस्य ||
See also this:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%A3
Here the word is shown as a neuter gender.

Regards,
subrahmanian.v

On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 10:15 PM, Siva Senani Nori <sivasenani at yahoo.com>wrote:

> In another forum (BVP), there has been a discussion involving Naiyaayikaas
> and VaiyaakaraNas and my teach Br. Ve. Prof. K. Subrahmanyam garu mentioned
> this exchange between Naiyaayikaas and VaiyaakaraNas.
>
> V: naiyaayikaah paSavah - "the followers of Nyaya are animals".
>
> N: vaiyaakaraNaah triNavah - supposed to be understood as "the followers of
> grammar are blades of grass". However, there is a problem: triNa, ending in
> a, takes the form 'triNaah' in nominal plural (prathamaa-bahu-vacanam), not
> triNavah. paSu being a noun ending in u declines differently. Since
> the Naiyaayikaas do not grasp this difference, the VaiyaakaraNas retort:
>
> V: ata eva paSavah - "that is why, they are animals".
>
> Just for laughs.
>
> Senani
>