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Nāgara109, i. e., cultured or literary and other minor varieties are to be determined by local uses (apare lokataḥ avadhāraṇāt ). In a similar way Pu recognises the above three varieties of Paišācika and says after treating the first two that others beginning with Pāñcāla etc. are to be known from local uses ( Pāñcālādayāḥ svalpabhedā lokataḥ ). It is to be noted here that Rt who is alınost in agreement with Pu and Mk in respect of other dialects, strangely differs from them in respect of Paiśācī. According to him Paiśācika dialects fall into two broad divisions, viz., i) Suddha ( pure ) and Samkīrņa (mixed ), The Suddha class includes seven varieties.110 Among the first seven Suddha varieties, he recognised i) Kaikeya ii ) Saurasena iji) Pāñcāla iv) Gauda v ) Māgadha vi ) Vrācada and vii ) one more minor variety which is not named but recognised by some owing to the differentiation in regared to the letters.
Describing the Samkīrṇa Paišācika he divides it into two main classes : i) Suddha and ii) Aguddha. Of these again Suddha according to him falls into two classes : i) Bhāṣāśuddha and ii) Padaśuddha, while Padaśuddha itself is divided into two types, i.e., Ardhaśuddha ( half pure ) ii) Catuşpadasuddha (pure in respect of the four feet ).
109. Here the connotation of nagara as applied to certain Paisāci dealects probably differs from nāgara in Nägara Ap, which we have seen, presunably refers to Nāga dynasty. But GRIERSON supposes otherwise.
110. See Rt. III 1.1. GRIERSON hās 'caska' instead of catuṣka' and hence his confusion, see · The Home of Literary Pali' See also Grammatik p. 27.
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