Arddhmagdhi Grammar

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

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A MANUAL OF
in Amg. only. The frequent use of the expletive particle . of also is peculiar to this language. _____115. The Amg. literature has devised certain devices of effecting economy of space in writing and as such they deserve notice.
(i) They use gootsit to indicate long and typical descriptions of persons or objects such as king, queen, prince, councillors, merchants, towns, cities, gardens, temples, groves of trees etc., e. g. तेणं कालेणं तेणं समएणं चम्पा नामं नयरी होत्था। वण्णओ.
(ii) They use the word fra to abridge passages, the words before and after fra referring to words as they occur in complete passages elsewhere e. g., तरुणे जुगवं जाव निउणसिप्पोवगए. . (iii) They use numbers from 2 to 6 to avoid repetition of synonymous terms.
(a) The figure 2 occurring after a finite verb stands for its Indeclinable past participle or Absolutive; e.g., वन्दइ नमसइः २ एवं वयासी, where the figure stands for वन्दित्ता, नमंसित्ता; एजमाणं पासइ, २ धणुं परामुसइ, where the figure stands for पासित्ता; sometimes figure 2 is followed by त्ता as २ त्ता.
(b) The figure 2 occurring after an adjective means repetition of the adjective; e.g., महया २ सद्देणं is equal to महया महया सद्देणं; पडिजागरमाणी २ विहरइ, stands for पडिजागरमाणी पडिजागरमाणी विहरइ; पगडिजमाणे २ stands for पगडिजमाणे पगड्डिजमाणे; जम्बुद्दीवं २ for जम्बुद्दीवं दीवं; sometimes the figure denotes a synonymous expression; e. g. तेणं कालेणं २, where the figure stands for तेणं कालेणं तेणं समएणं.
(c) The figure 3 is used to express synonymous words numbering three; e.g., लद्धा ३ stands for लद्धा, पत्ता, अभिसमनागया; सकिए ३ for सङ्किए, कंखिए, वितिगिच्छासमावन्ने;