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MEDIAL CONSONANTS
(ii) ग= व : युगल = जुवल pair.
(iii) तव : प्रद्योतित = पजोविय lighted; द =व : रुदति =रोवई weeps..
Pāli and Ap. suva = suka, Marāțhi kävaļā = kāka make it probable that the sound i may have beer: used as a glide as in case of ġ. Pischel explains ujjova from dyu- and rova from ru-.
47 A FRICATIVE BECOMING A STOP.
(i) वम : द्राविडी =दामली The Tamil script; वैश्रवण = वेसमण a god; * भ्रुवुका =भमुहा eye-brow.
(ii) प=म : आपीड=आमेल crest; कुणप=कुणिम dead body; नीपनीम a kind of tree; मणाम=Pali मनाप delightful; वणीमगवनीपक a beggar; विटप=विडिम a tree; सुमिण=Pali सुपिन dream.
(iii) ब म.कबंध= कमंध a headless trunk. ___The change in case of (ii) and (iii) must have been due to the interchange between m and v or û which, in turn, came from p and b.
48 SURVIVAL OF PRE-SANSKRIT SOUNDS
(i) ग for Sk. जो अब्भंगेइ = * अभ्यंजति bathes; निरंगण = निरंजन free from blame.
- (ii) भ for Sk. ह: निभेलण = निहेलन house; वेभार = वैहार name of a mountain; वुब्भइ = उह्यते carried away; लिब्भइ = लिह्यते is licked.
(iii) घ for Sk. ह : संघयण = संहनन build.
(iv) After a nasal an aspirated sonant stands for Sk. ह: चिन्ध-चिन्ह sign; बंभण ब्राह्मण a Brahmin.
In the last case the change is due to the opening of the mouth after the nasal passage is closed instead of opening it first. So brahmana which is pronounced as brāmhana becomes bambhana.
