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(i) Some of these like rasi;, rina, kajja, etc., are current even in the spoken idiom of this day. (ii) To avoid confusion the Kannada e and o are not used here. Some of these like sale, kara, ganty, etc. are current even in the spoken idiom of this day. History of Kannada Language, Mysore 1937, p. 116. Vide : Praketisms in Early Kannada Inscriptions, by Dr. B.K. Khadabadi, journal of the Karnatak University, (Humanities), Vol. XXII. See also Dr. A. N. Upadhya's views on this point: “Kanarese Words inDesi Lexicons”, Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Institute, Vol. XII, pt. 3 pp. 274-84. For details vide Pischel, Comparative Grammar of Prakrit languages, Varanasi, 1957, : 231. Vide Vaddaradhane : A Study, by Dr. B. K. Khadabadi, Dharwad, 1979, p. 247. For detaild on this point vide Kesiraja's Sabhamanidarpana by Dr. J.S. Kulli, Dharwad, 1976, p. 240. It may be noted that in some of the early Jaina classics, like the Vaddaradhane, quotations appear as a part of the taxt itself : Hence nartaki, need not come into picture here. As in words like koli, tamde etc. Beams calls such modifications local corruptions, op. cit., p. 270.
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