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MEDIAL CONSONANTS
जाय born; माता = माया mother; पिता - पिया father; लोहितलोहिय red, blood ; अतीव = अईव very much; अक्षत = अक्खय unhurt. .. (v) ज is dropped : पूजा= पूया worship; राजा राया king%3; गज = गय elephant; रजत =रयय silver; भाजन =भायण vessel; पूजित = पूइय honoured; वीजन =वीयण fan; प्रजा=पया people; त्यजति = चयइ abandons ; परिव्राजक = परिव्वायग monk.
(vi) द is dropped; कदली=कयली plantain; जनपद =जणवय country; पाद = पाय foot; वेद =वेय Vedas ; उदर = उयर belly छेद = छेय cut; यदि =जइ if ; हृदय = हियय heart ; अन्यदा = अन्नया at some time; स्वादिमन् = साइम things to be tasted ; द्विपद =दुपय biped.
29 In spite of the above rule we often find a number of medial single consonants preserved.
(i) गः आगम scriptures; जागर keeping awake; अनगार = अणगार monk; मगध = मगह Magadha country; भाग= part; राग attachment; भोग enjoyment; योग = जोग activity.
(ii) त : वितथ=वितह false; तितिक्षते = तितिक्खइ suffers.
(iii) द : उदक= उदग water; आदान = आदाण taking; यद् उवा = अदवा or; प्रदिक= पदिसा sub-quarter; विदित % विदिय known : समुदान=समुदाण alms.
More than the surds the sonants are preserved and they are the survivals of the older stage when consonants were softened but not dropped.
30 Medial single ख, घ, थ, ध, फ, and sometimes भ are changed to Ę. These consonants form the second and fourth letters of the I, IV and V Vargas.
(i) ख= ह : मुख = मुह mouth; शाखा=साहा branch; लेख = लेह letter; नख = नह nail; सखी-सही friend ; शिखर = सिहर peak; सुख =सुह happiness. __(ii) घ=ह : मेघमेह cloud ; ओघ = ओह flow; लघु = लहु quickly; राघव राहव Rāma.
