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JANUARY, 1992
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Pischel must have thought that Hemacandra might have used y'a-s'ruti in his book, and so it should be restored, despite the fact that Mss do not always preserve them. So is also the case with Hemacandra's Kumārapala-carita ; otherwise in non-Jaina Prakrit texts, no y'a-s'ruti is found. In the Prakrit passages of the Sanskrit dramas y'a-s'ruti does not cccur at all, and hence there is no need of using it. Though logically it is possible, it is better to avoid it at least in the non-canonical texts. I believe in this way we can avoid lots of controversy about y'a-s'ruti.
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