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Apabhraíba Forms in the Vasudevahindi
Pischel does not record it. Compare Gujarati and Rajasthan
word aang
(xiii) (v.1. 2121)=xar: became, (etcent Boarei fafarar equier en fer-31,12).
stands for the root 1 and its past passive form h, along with other roots and prefixes such as अणुहूअ, पहूअ, लहुईहूअ etc., is found in earlier Prakrits. But the use of the independentform EST has become popular in the Ap. language, eg. 471 Ea
जु मारिआ.2 The above study of the langage of Vasudevahindi covers only the #ECFIT and affhausfaci portions of its first part, i.e. 1 to 76 pages only. The data analysed here proves clearly that the text has not only the forms and words (i) which are tentatively Ap., i.e. more popular in A (ii) which positively belong to old strata also, f.e. traceable ta older Pkt. literature but (iii) there are a number of forms whtch can be called as positively Apabhrarsa, Study of the remaining portion of VH is expected to bring to our notice some more Ap. material.
1. See Hc. 4. 67. (Hemcandra's Prakrit Grammer) 2. See Hc. 4. 351 and Pischel, 476,
