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gives a similar list along with the peculiarities, but his list is a smaller one. His list of Aps. other than the main three include :
1. Pāñcāla 2. Vaidarbhí 3. Lāti 4. Odrī 5. Kaikeyi 6. Gaudi 7. Țakka 8. Varvara 9. Kuntala 10. Pāņdyā 11. Singhala.
These three authors seem to have drawn this list from a common source as their accounts show striking similarity with one another. It is, however, clear from the above list that Apabhramsa having originated in a particular area which, as we shall see now, must have been the North West of India, sp.ead almost over all parts of India which indeed gave rise to NIA speeches.
46. It is curious to note that the above list of minor varieties of Apabbramsa as given by Mk includes Takka, Audri, Abhiri and Drāvidi which we come across as vibhāṣās in the previous chapters of his work. In Ch. XVI Mk considers Tākki as a Vibbāşā and not as an Ap and quotes the view of Hariscandra who considers this to be purely an Apbhramśa. It is interesting to know why of all dialects ļākki was considered as a pure Apbhrama and not as a Vibhāśā by Hariscandra. What then is the boundary line between Vibhāṣā and Apabhraņśa. About sākka Ap Mk quotes the view of his predecessor according to which this is to be ascertained from the mixture of Takka dialect, Nāgara, Upanāgara etc., i. e., from the language of Takka and from the three varieties of standard Apabhrama : JER JE HTITATTETTAttrifazilTaifah. Here Tākka-bhāşā corresponds to Țákki Vibhāṣā which has already been discussed, for, in order to know its full implication we can compare the corresponding rule of Rt which runs thus :
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