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SOME PHONETIC PECULIARITIES
Sk. Sk.
Rebhila-> Rebila - Sāñci ( L 502), Subhasita (?)-> Subähita-Säñici (L 270). Sk. bhagini-> bak [i]n[i]-Nāgārjunikonda EI. 20. 37 Sculpture inscription.
§12. The change m> b is noteworthy.
Sk. äräma-> araba
EZ 3. 116.
We may compare with this the change mr> b or mb met with in the following set instances.
Sk. Tamraparpi-> Tambapamni Rock edicts of
Asoka. Sk. amraamra ambd- Pillar edicts of Aśoka.
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Sk. ämraka-bhṛti-> abikä-bhati-Junnar (L 1164). Also cf. Aba-at Bhattiprolu ( 13321), and Tambapamni at Nagarjunikonda (EI 20. 22. F') or Tabapana Bodhagaya ( L 946).
$13. Sibilants: The sibilant is sometimes preserved. cf. catudiśa - EZ 1.18.12, Sivaguta - EŻ 1.145.6-7 etc. It is, however, changed to in catudisa - EZ 1.19.4, visiti EZ 1.62.3. As against this, the dental s, though sometimes preserved, is very often changed to . cf. [u] pasika - EZ 1.18.1, faga (< sangha-) EZ 1.19.2F2, and also the gen. sg. term la(sa). This confusion between and has s its parallel in similar confusion between the three sibilants in the Kälsi edicts of Asoka and the Bhattiprolu casket inscriptions.
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The sibilant >h(perhaps through s) in Sk. latika -> hatika EZ 1. 62.4. This change is frequently noticed in the case of s in the gen. sg. term. (-sa-ha), cf. Devaha EZ 1.19.3, hulaha EZ 1.20.7, sagaha EZ 1.62.3, maharajaha EZ 1. 61.1 etc.
It is interesting to note that a similar tendency is found in some of the Southern Brahmi inscriptions. Sk. Sangha-> Hamgha
Amaravati (L 1201', L 1271:etc.)
Sk. Sukha -> Hugha (?) Nägärjunikonda EI 20.25 k'.
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