Madhuvidya

SR No.: 006525
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: S D Laddu, T N Dharmadhikari, Madhvi Kolhatkar, Pratibha Pingle
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 2001
Total Pages: 762
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Literature, & Philosophy
File Size: 17 MB

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word vasabha < Sk. vrabhain Amaravati L 1239 etc., Nagarjunikonda EI. 20.18. B42, 16.C3 etc.) is a peculiarity of South Indian inscriptions e. g.
M. A. MEHENDALE
Sk. myga
-> maka-Amaravati (L 1254). Sk. vyāpṛta > vapata - Mayidavolu (L 1205) and Kondamudi (L 1328).
II Consonants
$2. The guttural g: This stop, in certain instances, is changed to the corresponding surd. c. g.
Sk. yavāgu -> yaku - EZ 1.62.3 Sk. nagara -> nakara EZ
3.116.
It is, however, preserved in such instances as ganakaEZ 3.116, and nagara - EZ 3.1222.
Similar instances of the change-g->-- are found in the Brahmi inscriptions of Western and Southern India. e. g.
Sk. nagara > nakara - Junnar (L 1152).
Sk. Sagara -> Sakara- Näsik (L 1123). Sk. bhaga-> bhāka Kanheri ( L 998 ).
Sk. Mrgabuddhi-> Makabudhi - Amrāvati (L 1254). Sh. Nagacandra > Näkacamda Jagayya
-
peta (L 1202 ).
Sk. kosthāgāra -> koṭhākāra - Nāgārjunikonda EI (20.22.F2). etc. etc.
§3. The guttural aspirate kh. Deaspiration of Sanskrit aspirates is one of the chief peculiarities of the Ceylonese inscriptions. It is practically observed in all aspirates.
1. In all other inscriptions of Western and Central India we get usabha-cf. Usabhadata-in Karle ( L 1097, 1099 ), Sailarawaḍi ( L 1121), and Mathura (L 117).
2. It is further changed to a fricative k (r) in some Kharoşthi inscrip. cf. Sk. nagaraka-nak(r)araa and Sk, bhagavat-> bhak( r )a pat()a in the Mathura Lion Capital inscription.
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