Apbhramsa of Hemchandracharya

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

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“Right in the centre of the Campaka flower, O friend, a bee has set ( lit. entered '); it look lovely, like the mos jewel set in gold.”
The metre is of 11 + 10 mātrās. (Illustration of ) HOT :
fapin - Ty fag fortfa su ' (='factÅ Å fagor frar 591) ( Vide : sūtra 401.3 ) 445. (397217 ) Fresh 347741
In Apabbramśa the gender (of a word) is often different (from its gender in Sanskrit ): e. g.
pins ta' ( =' at ATT CITY 441 ) ( Vide : sūtra 345.1 )
Here the originally Masculine noun ( 727 ) has been declined as a Neuter noun.
(Another illustration :) (1) Starfor starfa geta arra: FZ1 grati
: GT-AIR-FT-Har: a: fer F2141: (fa) para il “ The clouds are shrowding the mountains. (Seeing this ) the traveller hurries up (lit. "moves') crying. He is frightened : when it (i. e. the cloud') is so intent on swallowing up such (= vast) mountains, will it ever spare his beloved ?'" . Here 361 is Masculine though the original Sanskrit word (3774) is Neuter. (2) qe fassat 37. ferr: altri Fiat 791 Frift Fai ( = firei) (ART) : (fera: ), amfiter
( at ) FTFIR “ The bowels are entwining the feet, and the (chopped) head has been resting on the shoulder; yet the hand has firmly grasped the dagger-for such, my lord, I would give away my life,”