Apbhramsa of Hemchandracharya

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

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(1) कमलानि मुक्त्वा अलिकुलानि करि-गण्डान् काक्षन्ति ।
असुलभं एष्टुं येषां निर्बन्धः (भलि) ते न अपि दूरं गणयन्ति ॥ “ Swarms of bees deserting lotuses aspire to reach the (rutted) temples of elephants: those who insist on securing (only) what is (most) difficult, do not mind (vast) distances (required to be covered in achieving it).”
_Here कमलई, अलिउलई and करिगंडाई are the instances of $ term. of Neut. Nom. and Acc. pl.
354. क-अन्तस्य अ-तः उं सि-अम्-प्रत्यययोः।।
Apabhramśa Neuter nouns ending in a change their final 3 ( = the vowel remaining after elision of the non-initial क) to उं before Nom. sing. and Acc. sing. terms. Illustrations :
अन्नु जु तुच्छउं तहे धणहे । ( Vide 350.1) (1) भग्नकं दृष्ट्वा निजकबलं बलं प्रसृतकं परस्य ।
उन्मीलति शशिरेखा यथा करे करवालः प्रियस्य ॥ " Seeing his own army being routed and the enemy's army advancing, the sword flashes in my lord's hand like a crescent moon."
Here तुच्छउं (< तुच्छकं), भग्गउं (< भग्नकं ), पसरियलं ( मृतकं ) illustrate the sutra.
355. सर्व-आदि ( सर्वनामानां ) सि प्रत्ययस्य 'हां' आदेशः ।
In Apabhramsa pronouns (सर्वादि) ending in अ (अकारान्तात् परस्य) have हां as the Abl. sing. term. E, g : यस्मात् भवान् आगतः । From where he has come.
तस्मात् भवान् आगतः । From there he has come.
कस्मात् भवान् आगतः । From where has he come? । होन्तउ = भवान्) is Pres. Part. of हो ( भू), used fre