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In dealing with the orthography of the SR., the following cases come for consideration. Nasalisation
As remarked at the outset, one and the same case-ending is at times nasalised, at times the Anunāsika is wanting. In all these cases nasalized form is given in the restored text. The question of nasalisation arises in connexion with the following forms:
(1) locatives and instrumentals. (2) genitives.
(3) nom. and acc. plur. forms of neuter 37-stems. In our MSS. are not found the neuter forms in "375. Interchange between 5 and a
Writing for for vice versa is not uncommon for the orthography of the Jain Mss. in generel. But in the Mss. of the SR. such cases are numerous. Ya-śruti.
The conditions regulating the appearance of the fa can be formulated thus : Jara is obligatory between 37 377 and 37 37. forbidden before or 3 35 and facultative in other cases. ण and न्.
Initially both y or 7 appear. Non-initially, when single, u alone is permitted; when double or compounded with mostly it is written 7 or and quite casually vol. We give 7 initially and 1 medially in the restored text. and a.
Many Ap. Mss. do not distinguish between 2 andą. They write always ą for both. Unlike these, the Mss. of the SR. write and a fairly correctly.
II Sound-Changes Apabhramśa phonology is non-existent as an independent entity. It is fundamentally identical with the Pk. phonology. Only a few alterations are peculiar to Ap. or figure in it with a strikingly greater prominence.
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