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सहियं
अइसय
रयणं
त्
त्
त्
सुयकेवलि त्
(B) Text
अधिक
पत्तेगं
-लोग
खाइगं
घादि
मुंचदि
होदि
क्
क्
क्
क्
त्
सहितं दं
अदिसय
रदणं
सुकेवलि
त्
त्
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On the other hand one would find that at several places the readings of the Sauraseṇī usage have been adopted leaving out those of the Mahārāṣṭrī usage found in the same works (Mss).
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अहियं
पत्तेयं
-लोय
खाइयं
K. R. Chandra
घाइ
मुंचद
होइ
2. Medial-k-is generally voiced and at time elided.
७६
verse no.
1. A tendency towards preservation of intervocalic consonants than that of elision.
१३
३०
३३
3. Medial -g-retained
4. Medial t normally changed to d. at times dropped.
6. Medial -d- almost preserved, very scarcely elided.
१९
३
१६
५०
१९
३२
३१
जइ
द्
अहिओ ध्
तिहा
प्
लहदि भ्
5. Medial -th- at times softened and also changed to -h-.
Text
कधं
जदि
सदा
अधिक
चक्कधरा
जदि
अधिगो
तिधा
लभदि
ध
भू
थ् कहं
द
जइ
सया
अहिय
चक्कहरा
भ्
अणुभवन्ति
अणुहवन्ति
When Upadhye is of the opinion that the date of Kundakunda, the author of the Pravacanasara falls in the beginning of the Christian era', then why are the Mahårästri usages given preference in place of the Saurastri usages? This question remains
unanswered.
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I am at this junture tabulate what Upadhye and Jain's edited versions of the respective works show on the state of phonetic changes in the language of the texts of PS and SA':
PS: Upadhye
SA : Jain
Medial consonants are elided also.
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६७
२४
३६
८१
often -d- for medial -t-.
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५०
३१, ५०
२२
१९
७३
७५
-g- for medial -k- but it is often elided.
sometimes th = -dh- but often -h,
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