Arddhmagdhi Grammar

Author(s): P L Vaidya
Publisher: Modern Book Depot

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grammarians have not noted this as a rule, but have recorded a few instances of words in which the phenomenon is noticed. The above rule however is of universal application and can be illustrated by सिया (स्यात्), भविय ( भव्य ), चेइय ( चैत्य ), दुवार ( द्वार), दुवे (द्वे), तुमे ( त्वम् ), कसिण ( कृष्ण ), किल्लिन्न (क्लिन्न), किलेस (क्लेश ), सुक्किल (शुक्ल), सुदरिसण (सुदर्शन), वरिसइ ( वर्षति ), हरिस (हर्ष ), पउम (पद्म), 'छउ मह (छद्मस्थ), नगिण (नग्न), सुहुम (सूक्ष्म), पसिण ( प्रश्न ), सुमिण or सिविण ( स्वप्न ), अरहा or अरिहा or अरुहा ( अर्हत् ), गरिहामि (गर्हामि), जीया (ज्या), सूरिय (सूर्य), आयरिय (आचार्य), बम्भचरिय ( ब्रह्मचर्य), अच्छारिय ( आश्चर्य ), भारिया ( भार्या), दीहर ( दीरघ- दीरहदीहर from दीर्घ), सिणाण ( स्नान ), मिलक्खू ( म्लेच्छ ), सिरी (श्री), 'हिरी (ही), किरिया (क्रिया), अभिक्खणं ( अभीक्ष्णम् ).
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40. There is another way of avoiding apparently a conjunct consonant in a word. It is by substituting an अनुस्वार for one of the members of the conjunct consonant. This अनुस्वार may be changed to परसवर्ण if possible. Thus we have वंक or वङ्क ( वक्र ), तंस ( यश्र), अंसु (अश्रु ), मंसु ( श्मश्रु ), पुंछ or पुञ्छ (पुच्छ), दंसण (दर्शन), सुदंसण (सुदर्शन), वयंस ( वयस्य ), मणंसी ( मनस्विन् ), सुंक (शुल्क), संघंस ( संघर्ष ).
41. Sometimes, however, the already existing अनुस्वार (which, by-the-bye is regarded as a consonant ) is dropped, and then the preceding vowel, if not already long is lengthened, as in वीसा ( विंशति ), तीसा (त्रिंशत् ), सीह (सिंह), मासल (मांसल ), मास (मांस), कास (कांस्य ), साहद्दु (संहृत्य ), साहरइ ( संहरति ).
42. When one of the two members of the conjunct consonant is to be dropped, the semivowels,, and occurring as first or second members, are dropped and the remaining consonant is doubled if it is not initial as in अक्क ( अर्क), वग्ग (वर्ग), चक्क ( चक्र), कयग्गह ( कचग्रह), रत्ती (रात्री), वक्कल ( वल्कल ), उक्का (उल्का), सण्ह ( श्लक्ष्ण ), विक्कव (विक्लव), पक्क (पक्व ). व and ब being treated alike, we have सद्द (शब्द), लुखअ (लुब्धक ).