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Vol. III, 1997-2002
The Comparative Study....
Medial -dh- sometimes preserved but often changed to -h-.
7. Medial -dh- is normally preserved and at
time changed to -h-. 8. Medial -bh- generally changed to -h- at
times retained.
These findings reveal that phonetically the language of PS is of an earlier stage than that of the SA. A sample analysis of phonetic changes in the SA. and PS. by us : (A) Pravacanasara (=PS), Ch. 1 (Verses 1 to 92).
Medial Consonants (Nos.)
(Percentage)
Critical Remarks on Prof. Upadhye's opinion.
3
%
-- = -K
-8- -y-
58 %
1 19 13 15
Not fully correct because -k- is optionally voiced. Fully correct.
8- = -8
--
0
Fully correct.
-- = -t
-d-
-y- = -th-
dh-
-h- -d- = -d-
-y- -dh- = -dh-
162 40
0 5 13 22 0 4
39 % 100 %
0 %
3 % 78 % 19 %
0 % 28 % 72 % 100 %
0 % 28.5 % 71.5 %
13 % 87 %
Not correct because it is often changed to-h
Fully correct.
Incorrect because it is often changed to -hFully correct
-bh- = -bh
-h-
4 27
The above-cited analysis reveals that there are 52 instances of retention, 186 instances of voicing and 103 instances of elision of medial consonants, i.e 15% retention, 49% voicing and 36% dropping, hence, the elision is more than twice the retention.
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