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(iv)
followed by a Conjunct Consonant = {
देव + इंद देविंद 'the lord of gods'. महा + इड्डि = महिड्डी 'great glory'.
(ए) अ +उ = श्रो
सीय (सी) + उदग
सोग ' cold water'.
समण + उवासँग = समणोवासग 'Samapa's servant', 'a Shrāvaka'.
(vi) + followed by a conjunct consonant = 3
पुंरिस + उत्तम = gigan 'the dest among men', 'an epithet of
the Jinas'.
जिरण + उज्जाण =
(vii) + 5 = 5
(viii) अ + ओ = श्रो
भक्ख + प्रोयण
इह + एव = इहेव ' even here
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g a ruined old garden'.
pastry and boiled-rice'.
(ix) An anusvāra followed by a vowel is changed into e. g. धम्मं + श्रइक्खइ=धम्ममाइक्खइ 'he declares the law', फलं इच्छइ = फलमिच्छइ 'he desires the fruit'.
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(x) In compound, an anusvāra is often inserted when the next member begins with a vowels. g श्ररण + अण्ण = श्ररणमरण 'one another' + 'having a long journey', 'distant', 'vast', गोण + श्रइ = mag 'ox' etc.
Verb,
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30 A verb in Ardha-Magadhi is conjugated for persods number, tense, mood and voice. The ae are three persons, three tenses, two moods and two voices.
* Present Past and Future with their ns ualf unctions. Imperative denoting order or comand and Potential denoting precept, authority or choice.
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