E. aprāṇa and ini aff.
e. g. in Manu: aprāṇibhiryatkriyate talloke dyūtamucyate. (As in
Pāṇini's Sūtras the neg. a is sometimes used in compo-
sition with a noun, when in ordinary writing it would be
more correct to employ the uncompounded na, as referring
to the verb of the sentence, the interpretation of the word
aprāṇiṣu in VIII. 3. 72. and therefore the bearing of the
rule itself becomes doubtful; the Kāśikā takes the Sūtra as
if it ended: na prāṇiṣu; Patanjali is less positive, for he ex-
claims, after showing the possibility of either acceptation:
kiṃ punaratrārthasatattvam . devā etajjñātumarhanti; but Kaiyyaṭa
seems to think that if the gods must know it, the Paṇḍits may
have at least an opinion on the matter, viz. that aprāṇiṣu is
not to be taken there in the sense of na prāṇiṣu, as the unity
of the Sūtra would become disturbed by such an interpre-
tation: devā iti . paṇḍitāḥ paryudāsaṃ manyante . saṃbhavatyekavā-
kyatve vākyabhedāśrayaṇasyāyuktatvāt . prasajyapratiṣedhe hi vākyabhe-
do'vaśyaṃbhāvī; this latter view is also taken by Bhaṭṭojid.)
E. a neg. and prāṇin.
mfn. (-ṇī-ṇinī-ṇi) Lifeless, inanimate.
E. aprāṇa and ini aff.