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ARDHAMĀGADHI GRAMMAR
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(7) When the medial single consonants क, ग, च, ज, त द, प, य, व are dropped, their place is often taken by य If, however, the vowel preceding the above consonants is BT, 3, sit and the vowel in the consonant dropped is dissimilar, य is not inserted.
(8) Initial न is optionally changed to ण. Medial न is changed into 07.
(9) 37 is occasionally lengthened in certain expressions :-जामेव for Sk. यम् + एव, which in Amg. should in reality be जं + एव. Similarly तामेव, खिप्पामेव, एवामेव, पुवामेव जेणामेव, तेणामेव, तणामवि (तृणम् + अपि). ___(10) इति after a long vowel is represented by इ, and after a short vowel including short ए and ओ, by त्ति.
(11) Initial is dropped or is changed to 37 in words यथा and यावत् . अहक्खाय for यथाख्यात, जहाणामए for यानामक, आवकहा for यावत्कथा, जावज्जीव for यावज्जीव.
.. (12) Between two words of a compound म् or अनुस्वार is inserted even in prose ; e. g., निरयंगामी, उडुंगारवा, गोणमाइ सामाइयमाइयाई.
(13) For declensional forms the following peculiarities may be noted :
(i) Nom. Sing. of Masculine words ending in अ normally ends in 5, but occasionally ends in sì also.
(ii) Locative sing, termination is normally fat, but ए and म्मि are also found ; e. g., धम्मंसि, धम्मे, धम्मम्मि. . ___ (iii) Dative sing. termination is आए; e. g., देवाए, सवणयाए, गमणाए, अट्टाए, अहियाए, असुहाए. ___(iv) Amg. uses a certain number of declensional forms based upon false analogy; e. g. मणसा, वयसा, कायसा, बलसा, जोगसा, चक्खुसा, कम्मुणा, धम्मुणा; अस्माकं.
(14) The following forms of finite verbs peculiar to Amg. should be noted :
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