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प्राकृतसर्वस्वम् । await discovery which would reveal many more facts relating to this dialect. VIII The Three Main Varietes of Paiśācī.
Mārkaņdeya's difference from Rāmaśarman. 51. We now proceed to deal with the fourth category of Prākrit, which according to Mk is known by the name of Paiśācī and is discussed in the last two chapters, i. e., the nineteenth and the twentieth of his grammar. Much discussion has been carried on over the real location and connotation of Paišācī and yet it still remains an open question. 108
Mk divides Paišāci mainly into three types, i, e., i) Kekaya ii) Saurasena and iii) Pāñcāla. In his introduction, as we have seen, he quotes his opponents' view according to which there are eleven kinds of Paiśācī. They are i) Kāñcidesīya ii) Pāņdya iii) Pāñcāla iv) Gauda ) Māgadha vi) Vrācada vii) Dākşipātya viii) Saurasena ix ) Kaikeya x) Šābara and xi ) Drāvida. Mk rejects all others excepting the three as mentioned above on the ground that these three are
108. The following are the important articles relating to Paiści :
i) The Home of Paiśācī by STEN KONOW, ZDMG,
LXIV ( 1910 ) p. 114 ff. ii) Paisācē, Pisāacs and modern Pisaca, by GRIERSON,
ZDMG LXVI ( 1912 ). iii) Eastern School of Prakrit Grammarians and Paisācā
by Grierson, AMSJV, vol III, pt II, p. 1919. iv) Paisācī languaye and literature by A. N. UPADAYE,
ABORI, XXI, p. 1-37. v) The Home of Literary Pali by GRIERSON, BCV.
1917, p. 117ff.
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