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A similar change is perhaps instanced in,
Sk. frestha > seta-Bhattiprolu (L 1337') and
Bharaut (cf. Seļaka - L 838).
§8. The dental th: It is deaspirated to :
Sk. sthavira -> thera-> tera- EZ 1. 18. 1 and 144. 4a. This treatment is perhaps instanced in a placename occurring in a South Indian inscription.
Sk. Patha
Amdha-patiyagama - Mayidavolu
(< 12054).
$9.
The treatment is only exceptionally noticed in a South Indian inscription.
Sk. deyadharma -> deyadama-Amaravati (El 15,
273.53)
The dental dh is also deaspirated.
Sk. Dharmaraksita-> Damarakita - EZ 1, 18. 1'. Sk. ✓ dhr -> ✓dara - EZ 1. 2115.
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$10. The labial p>v in such instances as,
Sk. härjapana- > hahavana-EZ 3. 211". Sk. upaniksepa-> uvanikeva EZ 3. 251.
This change is often noticed in the Brahmi and Kharosthi inscriptions.
$11. The labial bh, like other aspirates, is deaspirated".
Sk. bhārya> bariya - EZ 1. 18. 19.
Sk.
bhakta-> bata-EZ 1.62.3
Sk. vibhājaka -> vibajaka-EZ 1. 211.4.
Among Brahmi inscriptions, the following ones from Western, Central, and Southern India give similar instances. Sk. stambha->thaba- Pittalkhora (L 1188), and thaba- Karle (L 1095).
3. Bühler, however, proposes to derive it from Sk. Svaitra -cf. EI 2. 328f. No. 8.
4. It is, however, preserved in Sk, bhrātṛ->bhateu EZ 1. 145.10a.
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