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of course helped by the law of assimitation. Cases like a rhyming with g show that even here the author must have spoken a a, as in N. B. for falling away of व, see $ 17
and
also.
(B) CONSONANTS
The Apbh. shows a very varying picture of the Sanskrit consonants and agrees in a general way in this respect with the Prakrits. It shows (1) vocalisation of consonants, ( 2 ) their softening, (3) assimitation (4) splitting up or svarabhakti and simplifaction of conjuncts, and similar phenomena. § 11 Initially all consonants remain unchanged, except and rarely others as in दिहि (धृति) धूय (दुहिता ).
$ 12 Vocalisation :- (without merging with the accompanying vowels), of unaspirated consonants, when not initial. Any consonant, except the fourth consonant, the cerebrals, sibilants and may become a vowel. क् and ग् आउञ्च (आकुञ्चयति) but also आकुंचइ, महंद (मृगेन्द्र )
च् and ज् अइआरे (अतिचारेण ), कयाइ (कदाचित् ), गइन्द ( गजेन्द्र ), राज (राजन् ) and दू अइ (अति), अवइण्ण (अवतीर्ण ), आएस (आदेश), उइय ( उदित ), खेइय ( खेदित) इसरइ ( प्रतिसरति ), परिओसिय ( परितोषित)
very
प्and अउव्वु (अपूर्व ), कयन्नी ( कृतपुण्या ), काउरिस ( कापुरुष ), कुइअ कुविय (कुपित),
गयर (गजपुर), नेउर ( नूपुर )
and व् आउस (आयुष्), आउह (आयुध ), आओहणु ( आयोधनम् ), आइद ( आविद ), जालोलि ( ज्वालावल ), तिहुअण (त्रिभुवन), पइहु ( प्रविष्ठ )
पोहण (प्रवहण ) is perhaps case of samprasarana.
8.13. Softening of consonants: - The hard unaspirates were in the Sauraseni regularly softened when not initial. The Apbh. like the Mahārāṣṭri has vocalised them. (See above). The only examples of softening in Apbh. are the cerebrals and प. They indicate that Dhanavāla's Apbh shows traces of Saurasena Apbh. although mainly it is Māhārāṣṭra Apbh.
क् to ग् मयगल (मदकल)
द् to ड् कडक्ल (कटाक्ष ), कडाह ( कटाह ), कवडु ( कपटम् ), भड्ड (भटः )
हूँ to ढ् कम ( कमठम् ), पीढ (पीठम् )
ड् to व् आमेल ( आपीड), कील (क्रीडा), वील (व्रीडा )
प् to व् अहिवह (अधिपति), भावज्जइ ( आपयते ), आवीलिय ( आपीडित ), पाव (पाप), वह (पथ ); सावराह ( सापराध )
प् to म् (rarely as in) आमेल ( आपीड )
8 14. The aspirates of all classes, except the palatals and cerebrals, when single and noninitial retain only the .
ख दुह (दुःख ) but also दुक्ख; नह (नख), मुह (मुख), सहि (सखि ), सुह (सुख)
घू अविहाय (अविघात), ओह (ओघ), जिणहर ( जिणघर), दीहर (दीर्घ)
थ् अह (अथ ), अहवा (अथवा ), कह ( कथा ), पुहड् (पृथ्वी), साह (सनाथ )
धू अहर (अधर), अहिट्टिय ( अधिष्ठित ), कलहोय ( कलधौत), परिहाविय ( परिधापित ), विदेय (विधेय), हम्म (in धम्मादम्मिं = धर्माधर्मेण )
फू दाडिमहल (दा. फल ), मुक्ताइल ( मुत्ताफल ). Exception पुन्नष्फल (पुण्यफलम् ) भू अहिसिंचिय (अभिषेचित), निहुअ ( निभृत), निहालिउ, ( निभालित), विद्दूर ( विभूति )
विहोय ( विभोग), सहाव (स्वभाव), हुअ (भूता), but rarely आभोयण (आभोजन) also
