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VII. The substitutes of bha and sthā are bho and cittha reprec
tively (V. 78) and that of as is atthi (V. 79). VIII. The future is formed with ha, sa, 38a (V. 80) and these are also added to the Causative with i or 7 before it (V. 81).
(v) Magadhi § 72. Next are given the characteristios of Māgadhi in the following manner.
I. In Māgad hī, the palatal sounds (ca-varga) are pronounced
with but a slight contaot of the tongue with the roof of the
mouth and an y is prefixed to the sounds of ca-varga. (V. 85). II. i becomes y (V. 87); e.g. varjayitva>vayyayidāni. III. becomes 1 (V. 84); 6.9. roşaḥ>lose, IV. § and s become Ś (V. 83); e.g. sādhuḥ>šāhū ; şațpadah>
sappade. V. hadakka is substituted for hrdaya (V. 86). VI. The genitive plural ends in hum (sometimes with the
lengthening of the final vowel) (V. 91); e.g. brāhmanasya >
bamhanāhum. VII. The vocative ends in a (V. 90): e.g. deva> devā. VIII. hake and hage are substituted for aham (V. 94). IX. The root sthā becomes cittha (V. 92). X. ņia is substituted for the ending ta of the past passive
participle (V. 89). XI. dāņi is substituted for the gerund ending tvā (V. 88).
(vi) Ardhamāgadhi § 73. According to Kramadīśvara, Ardhamāgadhī is nothing but. an admixture of Mahārāștrī (and Māgadhī] (V. 95).
(vii) Śābarī: $ 74. The nominative singular of śābarī ends in e (V. 96) : e.g. eśe mese. The long and short vowels are freely interchanged (V. 98).
(viii) Paiśācī $ 70. The following characteristics of Paiśācī are given by Kramadīśvara.
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