Prakrit Grammar and Composition

SR No.: 006532
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Kamalchand Sogani
Publisher: Apbhramsa Sahitya Academy
Publication Year: 2006
Total Pages: 310
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Grammar
File Size: 8 MB

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All the above sentences are in the Intransitive Verbs.
All the above sentences are in the Active Voice.
In Ardhamăgadhi, for constructing the Absolutives, the suffixes (i) ttāna/ttāņaṁ (ii) ǎya (iii) ǎe (iv) yāṇa/yāṇaṁ. (v) ttu are added to the Verbs.
On adding ttāṇa/ttānam, the a-of a-ending verbs, is changed into 'i' and 'e' as;
Hasittäṇa/Hasittāṇaṁ
aya - Hasaya = Having laughed.
äe - Hasäe = Having laughed.
Having laughed
yāṇa/yāṇaṁ - Hasiyaṇa/Hasiyāṇaṁ = Having laughed (the a of a-ending verbs is changed into 'I')
ttu - Hasittu/Hasettu Having laughed (the a of a-ending verbs is changed into 'I' and 'e') (Ghatage, Page 131)
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