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ARCHAIC LINGUISTIC ELEMENTS IN THE ARDHAMĂGADHI
In the younger Prakrit literature, the forms of the Absolutive Gerund that occur are those with the terminations -ia', and the currency of the archaic Sanskrit-like forms ceases, as for instance, lambhia, pavisia, pariccaia, etc. (Pischel, 590).
Similar archaic usages occur in the Suttanipāta, too, such as, ārabbha (54.18), parakkamma (54.12). Some more usages, according to Geiger, are apuccha, nikkhamma, pariccajja, etc. Some more can still be added to these archaic usages of the Ardhamāgadhī, such as,
pappa (präpya) Ācă. 1.2.3.79, Isibhā., ch. 31 and 45;
kiccā (kṛtvā) Isibhā., 31; jittā (jitvā) Isibhā. 29, etc.
The later forms for the above two usages are pāviya, pāviūņa, karia, karettä, etc. and jiņiya, jiniūņa. can also be added to them.
(2) The absolutive Gerund suffixes '-ttāṇam', -cca', '-ccāṇam', -yāṇa', and '-yāṇam' are believed to have been of very old age; they occur in the sūtra-works, like the Acārānga, Sūtrakṛtānga, Uttaradhyayana, Daśavaikālika, etc. (See, Pischel, 583, 587 end 592). Some of the examples from the Isibhāsiyāim are kiccā (35.1; 39.2.; 41.1), āṇaccā (ājñāya) (11, p.23.20), nirākiccā (11.5), ṇaccā (11, p.23.20; 30.8), sāhaittāṇam, (sädhayitvā) (11.4), jiņittāṇam (29.16) kasittāṇaṁ, (32.4), etc.
For the corresponding Pāli usages with the forms having the suffix -tvana' such as ñatvāna, katvāna, chetväna, and for those with the suffix '-yana' and '-yanam', see Geiger 209, 214; And for the usages with the suffixes -cca' and '-cya' used in the Ashokan inscriptions, such as, āgacca, (āgatya), adhigicya (adhikṛtya), etc., see Mehendale, p.45.
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