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Prosodic Alterations A light syllable is made heavy
(a) by lengthening : पावासुय 102c, 184, पावास 118e, साहार 134d, पासाहणु 179c, संगाइ 156b (at the end of a Doha-pāda), कुणाइ 217b (at the end of a Paddhadi-pada), कीयय (=कि' =कृत), 199b अग्गीहर 194b;
(b) by gemination of a simple consonant (i) either in the seam of compounds : णवब्भिस 171, चिरग्गय 181a, सब्भय 208c, परव्वस 217c, Pk. दलब्बहल 11a, (ii) or in the body of the word (confined mostly to continuants like nasals, sibilants, liquids) : तम्माल 56c, गम्मिज्जइ 64d, गम्मियइ 117f, गम्मियउ 67d, सम्माणिय 78b, दुम्मिहिं 194d; वुल्लीण 204c, विज्जम्भइ 25b.
(c)by thepreservation oradditionofan Anusvara: Pk. अमियंझरणो 33a.
It may be remarked en passant that later on, the tendency to consonantal gemination for metrical reasons noted above becomes stronger and stronger so much so that it comes to form a striking characteristic of the language of the Dingala (or Old Māravādi poetic) literature cultivated by the bards of Rajaputana. A heavy syllable is made light
(a) by shortening a long vowel : गंधमोय (=गंधामोय) 203a, झल (=झाल =ज्वाला) 137f; सियल 210c.
(b) by simplification of a geminated consonant in the seam of compounds : उमुक्क 25 b, उरुन 191a, उससंतिय 83c, उवेय (+ उद्+वेग) 136 b, उणंदीयइ (=उद्+नंद्यते) 182b, दुसह 120 b, etc. निभंति (i. e. नि+भ्रान्तम्) 138 d; सउन्न (=सम्+पूर्ण) 24 e, 98b, समा =सम् + मा as in समाइ 81b and समाणा 80b; Pk, समुह (=सम्+मुख) 13b, सपुण्ण (=सम्+पूर्ण) 33a.
(c) by the weakening of the अनुस्वार to अनुनासिक : in सिंगारु 167c.
Vowel-Changes (1) Change in the quantity of the vowel.
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