Ang Sahitya Manan aur Mimansa

Author(s): Sagarmal Jain, Suresh Sisodiya
Publisher: Agam Ahimsa Samta Evam Prakrit Samsthan

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Prof. Sagaramal Jain & Dr. Suresh Sisodiya: 301 of the aforesaid rule. Not only the Ardhamagadhi, but all the dialects and subdialects of Prakrit admit the same principle.
In application of single consonants, the Ardhamagadhi of Amga literature has not such difference from other Prakrits. All the mutes, i.e. from k upto m have been used in it. In case of semi vowels, y sometimes becomes a rather than becoming j. All the Sanskrit mutes have undergone phonological changes, like other Prakrits, in the language of the Amga literature also. In case of sibilants, only the dental s is found in place of ś. sand s.
Here, too, no Māgadhism has been found to influence the Ardhamagadhi. So no palatal ś is used so for. âhâ is preserved in usual position. Like other Prakrits, visarga is not used in the language of Amga literature. The consonants used in the Amga leterature are as follows
k
kh
g
gh
n
chj
jh
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- ph
d b
dh bh
n m
p
:
.. Shm Phonology
a
In Amga literature as well as in Ardhamāgadhi, Sanskrit vowels are used or accepted but the changes which are found in Maharastri have the same impact on Ardhamågadhi. So the same can be found in the language of Amga literature. Some examples can be cited for its favour, e.g. ekonoirimsatsauņaitisa iivā. 1.3.81, ayuana> aujjna (Sam. Pra 144), ekonopañcasat » auņnäpanna (Bh.2.43). In some examples we can find that as Mahārāstri, owing to the existence of anusvåra the long å becomes a. e.g. antarayika > amtarãiya (A 6.34, Th. 2.431; 3.523, Sam 58.2, Bh 6.33, 34, 9.46, 68. etc). The long vowel a before a conjunct consonant becomes a, such as amla > aba (Bh. 18.109), amraka ) ambaga (Aņu. 3,48). Besides those examples, in the Amga literature, there are ample examples for amra becoming amba. Hemacandraâs sūtra hrsvaḥ samyogel1.84) Support