Book Title: Comparative Study of Language of Shatkhandagama and Pravachansara
Author(s): K R Chandra
Publisher: Z_Nirgrantha_1_022701.pdf and Nirgrantha_2_022702.pdf and Nirgrantha_3_022703.pdf
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सहियं
अइसय
रयणं
सुयकेवलि त्
(B) Text
त्
त्
अधिक क्
पत्तेगं
क्
-लोग- क्
खाइगं
क्
घादि
मुंचदि
होदि
द
सहितं -दं
अदिसय
रदणं
सुदकेवलि
On the other hand one would find that at several places the readings of the Sauraseni usage have been adopted leaving out those of the Maharastri usage found in the same works (Mss).
त्
त्
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अहियं
पत्तेयं
-लोय
खाइयं
K. R. Chandra
घाइ
मुंचइ
होइ
७६
१३
३०
३३
verse no.
2. Medial-k-is generally voiced and at time elided.
1. A tendency towards preservation of intervocalic consonants than that of elision.
3. Medial -g-retained
4. Medialt normally changed to -dat times dropped.
१९
6. Medial d- almost preserved, very scarcely elided.
३
१६
५०
१९
३२
३१
जइ
जदि
द् अहिओ ध् अधिगो
तिहा ध्
तिधा
लहदि भ्
लभदि
5. Medial th at times softened and also changed to -h-.
Text
कथं
जदि
सदा
अधिक
ध्
द्
ध्
चक्कधरा श्रृं
भू
अणुभवन्ति
अणुहवन्ति
When Upadhye is of the opinion that the date of Kundakunda, the author of the Pravacanasara falls in the beginning of the Christian era, then why are the Mahåråstri usages given preference in place of the Saurastri usages? This question remains
_unanswered.
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कहं
जइ
सया
अहिय
चक्कहरा
I am at this junture tabulate what Upadhye and Jain's edited versions of the respective works show on the state of phonetic changes in the language of the texts of PS and SA':
PS: Upadhye
SA: Jain
Medial consonants are elided also.
Nirgrantha
६७
२४
३६
८१
often d for medial-t-.
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५०
३१, ५०
२२
१९
७३
७५
-g- for medial -k- but it is often elided.
sometimes -th- = -dh- but often -h,
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