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semantic criteria, its usefulness cannot be denied and it can be used for the Prākrits with some modifications.
For this dictionary the following parts of speech will be used : 1. Nouns along with the indication of their gender as m. f. n.
2. Adjectives (adj.) also including all types of participles which will be indicated by using their abbreviations in parenthesis : adj (ppp.) etc. When the adjective is available only in its feminine form, it will be indicated by writing (f.) after it. If all forms are found, the feminine form will be shown as ending in [f. ā or -1].
3. Adverbs (adv.). This category will include Acc. Sg. of adjectives used as adverbs and Inst., Abl. and Loc. cases of nouns similarly used. In addition it will include words used as adverbs like ajja, ahunā, divi etc. and nouns with the adverbial suffix Skt. -tas (Prākrit -o).
4. Pronouns (pro.) including personal, demonstrative, reflexive and other pronominal derivatives.
5. Numerals (nu.) include words used in the sense of a number (saṁkhyā) or numeral qualifying other objects (saṁkh
6. Verbs (v.). Here all stems which are conjugated in Prākrit will be included even when they are having different conjugational signs (vikaranas) or use derivative suffixes for passive and causative and even noun-bases (denominatives). These will be classified into three categories, those ending in a, those which usee (from Skt. aya) and those ending in a long vowel. Passive bases except those formed with the regular passive suffix -ijja or -ta will be given as bases with their passive or active meanings. A comprehensive statement or the formation of the verbal bases in the Prākrits can only be made when a detailed grammar of these languages is made available..
7-8. Two adverbial derivatives from the verbal bases are given an independent status here, the gerund (Ger.) and the infinitive (Inf.)
9. Under the designations Adnominal (adn.) (coined after adverbial) are included particles like a, a, a, 7, 7, 10, af, etc. postpositions governing various cases of nouns and adverbs of time, place, cause etc., if they do not come under the scope of No. 3. The criterion used for this purpose is the primary relationship of these with another nouns and not with the verb. When these words are used in groups or in correlative pairs they function as the traditional class of conjuction. This term conjunction is avoided because disjunctive relations between sentences and words are not