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features of Prakrit in general, only in a single case he prescribed the rule where k becomes g. The sutra is thus, marakata madagale g&h kahduketvädeḥ-(1.182), so the word marakata becomes maragaa, madakala becomes madagala and the initial k of the word kanduka becomes g, e.g., kanduka becomes gendua. But these are nothing but some remnants of Ardhamagadhi. So in Saur. it is rather incoherent for k becoming g, But few examples can be cited for, such as, ababhinnadasapuvvigadhidam, (33), jugahi from yukabhih (88), vivegaṭhāṇe(95), sagapakkhe(96), uvagarana dāņamogasadāṇam(122), sudasattabhavanega-ttabhāvaṇā (189), kadugam (359), lahugo (369), ego (521), khavaga (675) etc. In this case, perhaps, an exclusive characteristic feature of amg. is found here.
3. Treatment of Sanskrit th.
Changing of some unvoiced sound into voiced one is one of the characteristic features of Saur. The grammarians have formulated some sutras to make it evident. According to the rule tho dhah (Hc. 4.267), the intervocalic th becomes dh. The same can be found in the grammars from Vr. (415 A.D) upto Mk. (17th cent. A.D.). If intervocalic th becomes dh in Saur., then, there cannot be any doubt about the existence of the intervocalic dh in a word. But in Bhag. some irregularities are prominent where this speciality is violated. For Example, jaha, jahā, taha, taha (11, 20, 23, 28, 193, 203, 505, etc.), Skt. equivalent yathā and tathā. In Saur., the intervocalic th of these indeclinables should be changed into dh. But these are treated as Mah. and thus, the reading jaha and tahā are accepted. According to the rules of Hc. kha-gha-tha-dhabham (1.187) and other grammarians like Vr. (2.24), Tv.
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