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In Search of the Original Ardhamāgadhi
K.R. Chandra
(a)
(c)
(d)
The Ācā. (MJV.) has the following reading in the very beginning : suyaṁ me āusaṁ tenań bhagavayā evamakkhāyaṁ (1.1.1.1). The Vijayodayā-tīkā on the Mülārādhanā reads as follows: sudam me āussaṁto bhagavadā evamakkhādam At one place the Sū. Kř. (2.2.694) reads as follows : sutam me āusamteņa bhagavatā evamakkhātam (MJV.) In the beginning of each of the Adhyayanas of the Isibhāsiyāim, there is the following reading : arahatā ..... buitaṁ, wherein the consonant 't' has been preserved, while in the other readings mentioned above, in one case the 't' has changed to 'd', and in the other one 't' has been replaced by 'y'. Illustrations of recurring usages of later period in the Manuscripts due to phonetic change : (Published
(Variants in (Sūtra No.) text-reading)?
the Mss.) picchāe
pischãe Ācā. 52 pucchãe
pumchặe mattā 8
mamtā Ācā. (Schü.
edn.)p.4.15 egadā
egată
Ācā. 79 nassati
ņāsati etaṁ
eyaṁ paveditam
pavetiyam adhe
ahe thibhi thihi
84 abhikkamtam ahikastam 1.2.1.5.
(JVB. Edn.) viparīyāsaṁ vivajjāsam Sū. Kļ. .
vivarīyaḥ
1.1.4.9
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