Adhyaya 356
Forms Accomplished by Unādi (affixes) — उणादिसिद्धरूपम्
Continuing the Vyākaraṇa curriculum, the chapter moves from taddhita (secondary) formations to Unādi-pratyayas—special suffixes added after verbal roots to produce established word-forms. In a didactic voice attributed to Kumāra, it lists derivational results (e.g., uṇi yielding kāru, “artisan”) and then expands into a lexicon-like catalogue of Unādi-derived or traditionally classified forms found bahula (“frequently”) in Vedic usage. It also notes textual instability at one point, with variant readings across recensions, showing awareness of pāṭha-bheda and the limits of any single reading. Most of the material functions as a compact nighaṇṭu-style mapping, supplying conventional terms for animals, kinship, places, objects, and abstract qualities to aid both grammatical derivation and semantic understanding. Within the Agneya frame, this technical knowledge serves dharma by enabling precise language for ritual, learning, and cultivated governance.
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It introduces Unādi-pratyayas—suffixes applied after verbal roots—and illustrates resulting siddha (accepted/established) word-forms, emphasizing their frequent (bahula) occurrence in Vedic usage.
It reflects awareness of pāṭha-bheda (recensional variation) and flags a problematic reading as tautological; the note indicates that even proposed alternatives at that locus may not be fully convincing.
By stabilizing word-formation and meaning, it supports correct scriptural reading, accurate ritual language, and disciplined scholarship—treating linguistic mastery as a component of dharma-oriented vidyā.