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ARCHAIC LINGUISTIC ELEMENTS IN THE ARDHAMAGADHI
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paogaso (Isibhā 24.37), bahuso (Ācā. 1.9.4.17) savvaso (Ācā. 1.9.1.12, 16, 18) Similar usages are found in the Pāli Suttanipāta also, e.g.,
puthuso (50.14,15), sabbaso (53.6,16) Forms of Genitive Singular : (1) Present Participle -
karao (kurvatah) Ācā. 1.1.1.4, aviyānao (variant a vijānato = avijanatah, Ācā. 1.1.6.49; also see Sūtra Nos. 144, 148, 149, 154). Forms quoted by Pischel (396) are : viharao, akuvvao, haṇao, kittayao; vippayahato can be quoted from the Isibhā. 16, p. 33.20
(2) Forms of Words Ending in Consonants (Gen. Sing.) :
dhimato (dhīmatah) Isibhā 9.15
dhiīmao, mahao (mahatah), bhagavao (bhagavatah) (Pischel, 396) jasassino (Pischel, 405) The Older Nominal suffix '-mhin and '-mhi' of Locative Singular :
(1) The evolution of the case-suffixes '-mhim' and'-mhi' has been from Sanskrit case-suffix -smin'. The termination -mhi'is found in the Western Ashokan Inscriptions. Later on.-mmi' termination has evolved from this ‘-mhi'. The Locative singular suffixes in Pāli are '-smim' and '-mhi', which should be noted in this context.
The Preserved Usages of '-mhi' and '-mhin' in the Ardhamāgadhī Works:
imamhi (Vyavahārasūtra, 7.22, 23) kamhiṁ (Uttarādhyayana, 15.2 Alsdorf)'
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