Apbhramsa of Hemchandracharya

Author(s): Hemchandracharya, Kantilal Baldevram Vyas, Dalsukh Malvania, H C Bhayani
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad

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longing for water, and my (longing) for (reunion with) my lover-longings of both of us have remained unfulfilled". Here is Present Second Person sing.
(2) Illustration of the use of fe in Atmanepada vbs.: ( हे ) चातक किं कथितेन निर्घृण, वारंवारम् ।
सागरे भरिते विमलजलेन लभसे न एकामपि धाराम् ॥
"O cātaka! (you) shameless one! what is the advantage of telling you repeatedly (that) though the ocean is full of clear water, you are not going to get a single dhāra (Cf. Mod. Guj., a string of droplets',
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a mouthful' )."
Note- This is an af, chiding a Yacaka, who has been repeatedly asking a miser for gifts.
Here is Pres. Second Pers. sing. of लह (<SK) Atmanepada.
(3) Illustration of the use of term. f in Potential (a) 2nd Pers. sing.
अस्मिन् जन्मनि अन्यस्मिन् अपि, (हे ) गौरि, तं दद्याः कान्तम् । मत्तगजानां त्यक्ताङ्कुशानां यः संगच्छते हसन् ॥
"In this life (lit. 'birth') and in the next, O Goddess Gauri, may you grant me such a husband, who smilingly charges against mad elephants who have gone beyond control. (lit. 'who are no more checked by the goad).
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Here is Pot. 2nd Pers. sing.
Alternatively, etc. (instead of ) are (also), used. T is construed as an instance of terminationless Genitive-ai aai-by Dr. Vaidya. Dr. Bhayani, however, rightly points out that here it is just a case of transposition of compound-members - मत्तगय being transposed as, to which the Gen. pl. term. is added.1 I H. C. Bhayani, Apabhramsa Vyakarana, p. 143.