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Vol. XIX, 1994-1995
ON MIA. LAGG... (18) Svapimi lagnah (Pañcākhyānaka, 122, 18. 1199 A.C.)
'I began to sleep'.
(19)
Yojayati lagnah (Pañcākhyānaka, 268, 10) 'He began to join'.
(20)
Anāvisti sampadyate lagnah (Pañcākhyānaka) 'Drought began to take place'.
Lagg-/ lag- used as the second verb with the infinitive of purpose of the first verb.
(1)
Padahū laggu (Paumacariya, 74, 14,5) 'Began to fall.
Paricinitahū laggu (Paumacariya, 88, 6, 2) 'Began to reflect'.
Bollanahū laggu (Paum acariya, 89, 12, 9) 'Began to speak.
Dhāhāvanahi laggu (Paumacariya, 69, 19, 8) Began to cry for help'.
(5)
Olaggahū laggā (Kahakosa, 3, 18, 8, 1070 A.C.) '(They) began serving'.
Numerous instances from the Mixed Sanskrit of the Jain Prabandhas (14th-15th Cent. A.C.)
Lag- used with kr-, gam-, dā-, nas'- path-, pa-, bhaks-, vand-, vikri-, vyay-, rajñah śirasi lagitum lagnah' began to stick to the king's head' is interesting in that therein lag- is used in the primary and secondary sense side by side.
Several points are to be noted about the above-cited instances. Both the constructions are attested up to the 12th Century. Not only that, both of them appear in one and the same text (e.g. in the Apabhramsa epic poem
