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Introduction
In 47 (Sk. **g*) 62.15, 72 10 and falafo (Sk. fafgant) 32.13 the consonant change is unusal.
In the place of an elided intervocalic stop. v is sometimes inserted when the precediog vowel is a back towel
997 (Sk gna) 32.6, 54a (Sk. Baya) 247, ga' (Sk gan) 71.28, senza (Sk. FT4) 9.19, 3454 (Sk 3 ) 61 16, aquita (Sk. areata) 192.24, qafaa 29.10 and astfaa 37.10 (Sk. galfaa), fassitaa'fa (Sk. fataa fà) 25 2.
gra (Sk. gra) 43,1 has the v insertion eventhough the preceding vowel is a mid vowel.
In face foa 6.23 and in 27 208 13 (besides the usual 91411 208.14 we have isolated instances of the change of intervocalic nt to nd.
In 'gfon 67,15 (Sk goffan. M. gofon) we have unusual change of ph, resulting from the word-initial sph to h within a compound
In area'ai 29.8, 47.15, 13.5, etc., afasi 269.4, ogica 266.17 and q'or 18.18 we find the cluster with posterior r preserved.
___we have both परिक्खू and परिच्छ्- for Sk. परीक्ष- Besides सावत्तय 165.16 there is also A#7 17.22 (Sk. 81924) Besides 3281017 we have 276902 8.22.
717 39 9 or ma 38.5 (Sk. 5719), ha (Sk. star) 24.19, #8 (Sk şa) 7 10, A(Sk. a) 207.11, (sk. a) 129.7, 245, 26 are Ardhamāgadhisms.
Grammatical Forms and Usages
Present forms:
dagin 3.11 is probably I. sing. So also 37651Rg 23-22.cf. KM 2 af at 58-17, vi ära 58.23, gta 59.31, affat 59.32, Afogat, yfit 62.3. cf AJM p. 59.
29992 215.18 is an instance of Ātmanepada I sing. cf. ST, p. 282.
Present forms are used to express proximate future e.g. 51(! ala ga 13 asfat aglfi, 9e31 322 95731 203.1.2.
Present Participle in -māna is quite frequent.
Predicatively used Present Participle in (-a / - ehita- functions as Past Conditional or Counter-factual at 103.9-10, 135,13-14, 136 8-9. 140.25-26, 198.22, 201.12, 214.24 etc.
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