On the Construction of Sivasutra-Alphabets

摘要

In the present paper, a formalization of the technique used by Panini in his Sivasutras for the denotation of sound classes is given. Furthermore, a general notion of Sivasutra-alphabets and of Sivasutra-sortability is developed. The presented main theorem poses three sufficient conditions for the Sivasutra-sortability of sets of classes. Finally, the problem of ordering sets of classes which are not Sivasutra-sortable is tackled and an outlook on modern problems which could be approached by Panini's technique is given.