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-MĀGADHĪ
111 EFFECTS OF NEIGHBOURING VOWELS becomes by assimilation:
(i)
sugar cane; इषु = उसु arrow ; शिशु = सुसु child; शिशुमार = सुंसुमार crocodile. (ii) उ becomes इ : स्वप्न = सुमिण = सिमिण dream ; ईषत्
little.
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ईसिं
(iii) becomes before another by dissimilation : मुकुल= मउल bud; मुकुट = मउड crown ; दुगंछा = जुगुप्सा disgust. (iv) अ may change a following उ into अ : तिरक्षु = तिरक्ख.. In many of these cases Pischel thinks that a may be the original sound and Sanskrit u may be due to assimilation of the other u.
112 EFFECTS OF NEIGHBOURING CONSONANTS
(i)
becomes under the influence of labial sounds: प्रावरण = पाउरण covering; कर्मणा = कम्मुणा by action; श्मशान = सुसाण cemetary.
(ii) becomes near a palatal sound: bed; ब्रह्मचर्य=बंभचेर celibacy; आश्चर्य = अच्छेर wonder ; सौंदर्य - सुंदर beauty.
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113 A number of words in Prakrit have come from words differing from Sanskrit or formed differently, which has made the grammarians give a number of apparent changes. Thus kiha Vedic katha; puvvim = pūrvīm; heṭṭhā=*adheṣṭ(h) at: gejjha = *gṛhya; simbali Vedic simbala; olla from und-; pārevaya = *pārepata; initial iya (Sk. iti) as in Latin ita; vicchuya (Sk. vṛcchika) geruya (Sk. gairika) neyauya (Sk. naiyayika) going back to the suffix -uka as contrasted with Sk. -ika; vihūņa from dhu (Pk. dhunai); ubhao = *ubhataḥ; uvviḍha from ud-vidh; 40 neura *nepura; annanna Vedic nayanya; theva from stip; and many other individual words..
VISARGA
114 Visarga coming from Sanskrit
becomes : अंतः = अंतो inside; अहः = अहो day; प्रातः = पाओ in the morning ; पुनः = पुणो again.