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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE.
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I THE PRAKRITS AND ARDHAMĀGADHİ : ...
§ 1 Introductory. $2 Characteristic features
of Ardhamāgadhi. II PHONETICS : ...
.... ... A. Vowels in Amg. § 3 General. $ 4-7 Changes of #, , . and 1. § 8 Changes in other vowels. B. Single Consonants. $ 9 Consonants in Amg. § 10 Initial and Medial. § 11 Tufa. § 12 Is astra justifiable ? $ 13–26 Changes in medial single consonants. $ 27-29 Changes peculiar to Amg. $ 30 Isolated changes of consonants. $32 Elision of a syllable, initial, medial and final: Haplology.'§ 33 Metathesis. C. Conjunct Consonants. $ 34 Initial conjuncts in Sanskrit words and their treatment in Amg., and Prothesis. § 35-38 Medial conjuncts. § 39 Anaptyxis or FATHIER or fasiga. § 40 37 fait in place of a member of conjunct consonant. § 41 Loss of that. § 42-44 General rules of Assimilation in Amg. $ 45 Table of Amg. Conjuncts with their equivalents in Sanskrit. $ 46 Conjuncts of three letters. § 47 Doubling of a single consonant.
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III SANDHI: ...
... $ 48 Sandhi optional even in compounds. $ 49 Sandhi between two words in a com
