Distribution Of Variant Endings U Au And A In Apabhramsa Verses In Hemacandras Prakrit Grammar

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HERMAN TIEKEN
After a light syllable: 358, 2a: jīviu kāsu na vallahaü "To whom is life not dear?” 389d: jasu khallihadaü sisu "Whose head is bold" (or: "who has a bold head") 396, 3b: tasu para sabhalaü jammu “His birth is highly fruitful” 426, 1a: sumarijjaï tam vallahaü (jam vīsaraï manāū] “That is dear which one forgets only for a moment but is immediately remembered again”23
Plural:
After a heavy syllable: 376, la: amhe thovā “We are small in number" 412c: je vankā te vañcaara “Those who are crooked are cheats” 422, 11c: desa ravannā honti vadha “The regions are pleasant, o fool"
After a light syllable: 395, 5a: ammi paohara vajjaỹā “Mother, my breasts are as hard as diamond" 412a: te viralā ke vi nara “Those men are rare who ...” 439, la: hiadā jaï veria ghaņā “O heart, when the enemies are many"
Some special cases. In this paragraph will be discussed a number of special cases, including specific types of words as well as individual words. In all cases the occurrence of the long and extended endings may be explained in the same way as above, that is, either with reference to the functions of the words concerned (adjectives or predicates) or with reference to their origins.
The postpositions -tana and -kera invariably occur with the long or the extended endings. For -tana, see Hc. IV 361: imu kulu tuha tanaüs “This, your family” or “This is your family", and 379, 2c: aha bhaggā amhahã tanā “If our men are defeated", and for -kera, Hc. IV 373: tumhahaṁ keraüs dhanu “Your wealth". -tana and -kera are used to form adjectives of the genitives of the personal pronouns; see Hc. IV 422, 20: sambandhinaḥ keratanau, exx. jasu kerae humkārada? “By whose saying 'hum'”, and 379, 2c, quoted above.24 For -kera, see also Hc. I 246, II 99, 147 and 148. -kera is not attested in Hemacandra's