Advanced Prakrit Grammar Part 2

Author(s): Kamalchand Sogani, Shakuntala Jain
Publisher: Apbhramsa Sahitya Academy

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बहुषु (बहु) 7/3 आद्यस्य (आद्य ) 6 / 1 न्ति (न्ति) 1/1 न्ते (न्ते) 1/1 इरे (इरे) 1/1
Bahuşu (Bahu) 7/3 Ādyasya (Ādya)6/1Nti (Nti) 1/1 Nte (Nte) 1/1 Ire (Ire) 1/1
There occur nti, nte (fa,) and ire () suffixes for Third Person Plural.
In the Present Tense, among the Three Persons, there occur nti, nte (,) and ire (3) in place of the suffixes anti and ante (3 and 3), signifying the suffixes of the Third Person Plural. (1) (i) (हस+अन्ति, अन्ते) = ( हस+न्ति, न्ते, इरे) हसन्ति, हसन्ते, हसिरे (वर्तमानकाल, प्रथमपुरुष (अन्यपुरुष), बहुवचन) (Hasa+anti, ante) = (Hasa + nti, nte, ire) =
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Hasanti, Hasante, Hasire
(Present Tense, Third Person, Plural Number )
(ii) (ठा + अन्ति, अन्ते) = - (ठा + न्ति, न्ते, इरे ) = ठान्ति → ਠਰਿ, ठन्ते, ठाईरे
ठान्ते
(Tha+anti, ante) = (Tha + nti, nte, ire) = Thanti → Thanti, Thante → Thante, Thaire
(On having a conjunct consonant after a long vowel, the long vowel becomes short, Hṛsvaḥ Samyoge 1/84).
(iii) (हो + अन्ति, अन्ते) = ( हो + न्ति, न्ते, इरे) = होन्ति, होन्ते, होइ रे (Ho+ anti, ante) = (Ho+ nti, nte, ire) Honti, Honte, Hoire
According to Hemacandra's Commentary, the Third Person Singular suffix ire (3) is seen occasionally. For example: Sūsaire Gama-Cikkhallo. (In the village, the mud dries up).
Advanced Prǎkrta-Apabhraṁśa-Grammar (Part-II)
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