Introduction to Ardhamagadhi

SR No.: 006965
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: A M Ghatage
Publisher: School & College Book Stall
Publication Year: 1941
Total Pages: 268
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 14 MB

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INTRODUCTION TO ARDHA-MĀGADHI _
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(iii) थ=ह : मिथुन= मिहुण pair; अधुना= अहुणा now ; कथा = कहा story; वितथ= वितह false; आवसथ = आवसह residence; यथा = जहा as; तथा =तहा so; पथ = पह way; रथ = रह chariot.
(iv) ध=ह : अधुना = अहुणा now ; विरोध = विरोह obstruction; बोधि = बोहि enlightenment; मधुमहु honey; मधुर =महुर sweet; बुध = बुह wise; वध=वह killing ; आराधना = आराहणा worship; दधि = दहि curds.
(v) फ = ह : रेफ = रेह the letter ; शिफा = सिहा tuft of hair.
(vi) भ = ह्र: शोभा =सोहा beauty; विभव = विहव wealth ; लोभ = लोह greed ; लाभ-लाह profit ; नभस् = नह sky; स्वभाव = सहाव nature ; प्रभु = पहु lord ; प्राभृत =पाहुड gift.
Except for the rare sound ph the change is well attested. AMg. more often préserves bh than changes it to h. This change is really the dropping of the mute with the aspirate left behind, as the aspirate in Indo-Aryan was to a degree free from the plosive. The fact that the resulting [h] is a voiced throughout even though the surd aspirates have a unvoiced breath, shows that these originally changed into the voiced aspirates and all lost the plosion (as Mathurā becoming Madhurā, dakşiņāpatha represented in Gr. by dachinabádēs). The earliest trace of this change may be found in Sk. pāhi as compared to kȚdhi. .
31 (i) Medial e becomes ड: कटकड mat; विकट = वियड wide; तट = तड bank; करट = करड temple of an elephant; पटु = पडु clever; कोटि = कोडि crore; कुटिल = कुडिल crooked; पट = पड cloth; जटाल = जडाल having matted hair; भट =भड warrior; घट = घड jar; विटप= विडव tree ; प्रकटित = पयडिय exposed.
(ii) Medial single s becomes ढ : शठ = सढ rogue ; पठति = पढइ studies; पाठ = पाढ lesson.
In contrast with other surds and sonants, the prominent and strong retroflex articulation of the cerebral series has preserved their plosion. When they are further weakened they get a lateral explosion giving rise to l or !.