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LITERARY EVALUATION
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. Not only indeclinables but nominal and verbal forms also interchange sometimes their long and short vowels for metrical regularity :
आ-अ तह (तथा १६), जह-(यथा ११॥५५), निसयर (निशाचर १२।६५), ई-इ अलिय (अलीक ३२॥५२), आणिग्र (आनीत २८.५२) अ-श्रा प्रारण्ण (अरण्य ९४।२०, पारोह (प्ररोह ३११६७), भाणिउ (भणि
१२।७६) इ-ई जाणसी (जाणसि ४६।१०) उ-ऊ निसेवसू (निसेवसु ७६।२६)
Such changes can be traced in the Upadeśamåla of Dharmadāsagani, the Dhūrtākhyāna (p. 50) and the Samarāic cakaha also. The following example is from Upadeśamālā:
आहरेसु (आहारेसु ४०).
According to Hemacandra (8.4.329) variation between long and short vowel is a general tendency of the Apabhramsa (See Pischel, 100).
In the PCV this variation between short and long is found on an average one instance in every canto. Of them the most common words are 'Aniya', 'Aliya' & 'Anium' and the termination of III. Sing. indicative 'I'.
Sometimes the vowels are entirely replaced by other vowels :प्र–इ मुइंग (मृदंग ११।६), उ-फुसमाण (स्पृशत् १५३५१), पोम (पद्म ५३७६) प्रा—इ जइ (यदा १५।१८), ए—मेत्त (मात्र २१८७), प्रो-जलोल्लिय (जलाद्रित
इ–उ जुण्ण (जीर्ण ६७।४८), ए-वेम्मल (विह्वल ५।१६२), ई-ऊ विहूण (विहीन ४६।५०)
उ-अ अवज्झायो (उपाध्यायः २८।२६), ऊ-ए रहने उर (रथनूपुर २।१५२) . ए-अ नालियर (नालिकेर १।२०), प्रो-ए थेवो (स्त्तोकम् १४।१२४)
Sometimes 'e' is resolved into 'ai' = 'aya':निरवयक्ख (निरपेक्ष ४।३७). Samprasarana:
Its reverse 'Sainprasārana' is also found:
अय-अइ-ए परिकहेमि (परिकथयामि ३।१४), अव-अउ-प्रो समोसरण (समवसरण ११४०).
Sometimes the vowels are dropped:Initial
रण (अरण्य ३।१४१), हं (अहं ७।१६३), वट्ठिया (अवस्थिताः २।३२), त्थि (अस्ति ३।३१).
