Apbhramsa of Hemchandracharya

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

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(144) Here size is Feminine, though the original word (अन्त्रं) is Neuter. (3) शिरसि आरूढाः खादन्ति फलानि पुनः शाखाः मोटयन्ति
( = भञ्जन्ति, वक्रीकुर्वन्ति)। तथापि महाद्रुमाः शकुनीनां अपराधितं न कुर्वन्ति । “Perching on the tops they eat the fruits, and also twist (or break') the branches; still the great trees do not punish the birds."
Here डालई is. Neuter, though usually it ( डाली) is Feminine.
446. (अपभ्रंशे प्रायः) शौरसेनीवत् (कार्य भवति)।
In Apabhramśa, there often occur changes as in the Sauraseni Prakrit.. (1) शीर्षे शेखरः क्षणं विनिर्मापितः
क्षणं कण्ठे प्रालम्बः कृतः । ___रत्या विहितं क्षणं मुण्डमालिकायां ( = मुण्डमालिका)
यत् प्रणयेन तं नमत .
कुसुमदामकोदण्डं कामस्य ॥ " Shaped by Rati as a (floral) crown-hung (lit. made :) (like) a wreath round her neck at another inoment; then (gain ) fondly turned (by her ) into a मुण्डमाला (a. chaplet worn on the head')- pay your homage to that bow of Cupid, (faslrioned froin) fowerwreaths."
Here विणिम्मविदु, रदिए, किदु. विहिदु all reveal the predominantly Sauraseni trait ( त्>द् ). It is likely that the illustration has been taken from the Apabhramša spoken in the region where formerly Sauraseni Prākrit was current.
The metre is Mātrī (cf. sūtra 350.2).