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(2) Short gě and at o are not distinguished in MSS. They are indifferently denoted by g or 7 and wor y respectively.
(3) F, 9, , 7 and 7 when followed by mutes of their class, are always replaced by the + anusvāra.
(4) Conjunct consonants may occur as (i) double e. g. *, *, etc., ( ii ) an unaspirate followed by a similar aspirate of the same class e. g. R, a, 5 etc., ( i ) a nasal followed by a mute of the same class in which case the nasal must be changed to anusvāra o. g. 8 ( * ), size ( "), ia (952 ) etc., (iv) anusvāra followed by qoro. g. 97, ta etc. or ( v ) or # followed by 5 0. g. forug, etc.
Declension Ardha-Māgadhi admits of declension in nouns for number and case. It has two numbers, Singular and Plurel; three I gonders, Masculine, Feminine and Neuter; and eight cases Nominative, Accusative, Instrumental, † Dative, Ablative,
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+ This is only a peculiarity of spelling. In pronunciation the nasals retain their proper sound o. g. sin is pronounced as a anga, पञ्च as पंच pancha, दंड as दण्ड danda, दंत as दन्त danta, भंब as wa amba and so forth.
por Including Adjectives, Numerals and Pronouns.
$ The gender of most nouns is fixed. Nouns denoting aniatem objects and adjectives change their gender according to certain rules.
† To say that Prakrits have no Dative case means that they have lost the direct descendant from the old Indian prototype, its place having been taken by the Genitive form. ArdhaMāgadhi, however, retains the old Dative Singular side by side with the new one.
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