Apbhramsa of Hemchandracharya

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

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hearted man retains. (lit. 'keeps') them in its. fold (lit. lap')". .: : वच्छहे and वच्छहु (variant) are the illustrations. .. ___337. भ्यस्-प्रत्ययस्य 'हुँ' (आदेशः)।
In Apabhramsa, for nouns ending in at the Ablative plural termination is हुं. है (1) दूरोड्डानेन पतितः खलः आत्मानं जनं (च) मारयति । - यथा गिरिशङ्गेभ्यः पतिता शिला अन्यद् अपि चूर्ण करोति ॥
« A. wicked man falling after a great leap hits himself as well as (other) persons, even as a boulder falling from the mountain-peaks crushes (lit. reduces to powder) others too".
गिरिसिंगहुँ is Abl. pl. 338. सू-प्रत्ययस्य 'हु-हो-स्सुः (आदेशाः)।
In Apabhramsa, Genitive singular terminations of words ending in अ are सु, हो, स्सु. (1) यः गुणान् गोपायति आत्मनः प्रकटान् करोति परस्य ।
तस्मै अहं कलियुगे दुलेभाय बलीक्रिये सुजनाय ॥ . . “(He ) who conceals his own virtues and exhibits. those of others--for him, noble soul, (so) rare in this Kali age, I would sacrifice my life. (lit. offer oblation of my.. life')".
. . . ... बलिकिजउं is an idiomatic usage, meaning to take . over oneself some one's ill luck and misery'; cf. Mod. Guj. 'वारी जाउं.
___ Here तसु, दुलहहो and परस्सु illustrate the sutra. In Prākrit and Apabhraṁsa Genitive and Dative cases have merged together. Here ag and Estieg are used, evidently, in the Dative sense.
339. आम्-प्रत्ययस्य ई (आदेशः)।
The Genitive plural termination of words ending in अ is हं. (1) तृणानां तृतीया भङ्गिः न अपि तेन अवटतटे वसन्ति ।
अथ जनः लगित्वा उत्तरति, अथ (तेन) सह स्वयं मज्जन्ति ॥ - “For the weeds (lit. 'grass'), there is no third course possible, when they have grown on a difficult (lit.