Comprehensive Critical Dictionary of Prakrit Languages Volum 01

Author(s): A M Ghatage
Publisher: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute

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alfazt. #giato atai. #fant afecat in place The group admits both the rules and the exceptions as of य as in आयन्ति आनाय, छाना छाया: जिणातःण-- legitimate, the अपरिणामक admits only the rules, but not जिनायतन, मानि मायिन तानी-आयन etc. Such changes the exceptions, while the अतिपरिणामक admits only the are phonetically iropossible and cannot be admitted in exceptions and not the rules. Obviously in the field of a any language. In most of these cases, a corresporcling penal code the last two will draw wrong conclusions and form with a written is also found, sometimes sice by hence they should be excluded from their study, partside, which makes it obvious that the scribe wrote it icularly the atonements prescribed. No question of randomly and attached no importance to it. FJAI secrecy is involved. a ag is followed by a s ad. HATTEITA
What tben is the origin of this habit of writing atálfa arinagar Tofaat and many similar cases are
a ? found in the work afarize. This usage is so
It is clearly based on some kind of misunderstanding
on the part of the scribes. The occasional lack of inconsistent and cecurs so unexpectedly that most of
attention on the part of the copyist explains their random them must be casez due to nekligence of the scribes.
occurrence. The influence of the Sanskrit language at To judge this mode of writing one must ascertain
the basis of the Prakrit words may have affected its source. No attempt is made so far in this direction him to some extent, and is probably the main cause, except the one made by Dr. Upadhye, but in a halting when the original Sanskrit contains a a. Its use for mapper. He suggests that this writing originated in the other original sounds can only be explained on the basis copying of the Chedasutras and it spread to other works
other works of a habit to transcribe a Prakrit word by the substitu
of a habit to transcribe ar from it. It was done to keep these writings concealed
tion of its Sanskrit counterpart, a kind of Sanskritisation from the common es der or make them less accesible,
of the language Once he develops the habit of changing being meant for the initiated few. Such attempts are a word like 1 to ha, it is but natural that now and not rare in Indian literature and one that is often met
then a written 7. even if it comes from some other with in the Tantra works is based on rearranging the
Sanskrit souad, -ay in a word like 127 standing for a re, letters in a complicated manner, so that one bas to will be written by him by using a, i.e. aa. Such a know this scheme before one is able to read them process can only be unsystematic and sporadic and the correctly. But these considerations do not apply to the
asfa is exactly of this pature gra is exa
Such writing based on a Ched sutras of the Jain Canon The writing is not confi- misunderstanding is at work in all the classical language ed to any particular type of works but is found used in MSS. and some of them may find a place as the correct all types, both old and new. Nor is its usage confired to
usage in the language as well. Whether this is a 27words which need concealment, but is found in all kinds gaat or a regularly pronounced phoneme of Sunskrit is of words and these words are written both with and immaterial for such mistakes and both will be treated without a and are not of the pature which are to be in the same manner. This position is confirmed by guarded from the common reader. Pt. Malvania's refer the fact that in case of such sounds as are not normally ence to the Instanza 6227 of the fastugu and the dropped or written as y, i. e. 2 and and 9 or a, there commentary in the 3rd part of art do not prove
will be no occasion for writing them as a, and this
will be no cc that they are to be excluded from the common man. The agrees with the known facts. The consonants which are चणि cn the निशीथभाष्य makes it clear that what is to written as त are क, ग, च, ज, त, द and य. From this be kept back are mainly the sazt and only inci- a very important and valid interence can be drawn. The dentally the Chediatr itselfIts wording is grano II MSS. which were copied by the scribes had in them 75g qua
The same confirms the a written 7 for all the above consonants which thus same view in the passage छेदमूत्रागिप्रकल्पव्यवहारादीनि तानि indirectly proves the rule stated by Hemac indra in agat mgfha fagf a l y a, ay fayrepa . 177 stating the loss of intervocalic stops and also t afa orat(?) wfasfrir favjai gera. The
proves its antiquity. same verse occurs in the 1912 790. TITTER In view of the above discussion, it appears quite is to be taught, t. king into consideration, the place, reasonable to take the following decisions in setting up the time, and the person to whom it is to be taught. In the lemmata in the dictionary. The ya-sruti will be the last case three types of students are thought of. They allowed in the case of the Prakrit dialects AMg.. JM., JS. are called yumJAT, 379A and sfagi #. The and some of the Apa. works, but without violating the Second and the third type of indepts are to be excluded evidence of the MISS which use side by side the simple from the teaching of the Chedasutra. The reason is the vowels as well. In the latter case a crossreference attitude they show' towards the rules and their exceptions to the form with the ya-śruti will be useful. If
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