In Search of the Original Ardhamagadhi English Translation

Author(s): K R Chandra, N M Kansara, Nagin J Shah, Ramniklal M Shah
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad

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PRINCIPAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ARCHAIC OR ORIGINAL ARDHAMAGADHI 23. Similary, if there occurs an archaic form of the Ablative
Singular as a Participle, e.g., padiso, and kamaso (in the sense of the Instrumental Singular) in the case of words ending in consonants and the forms with the case suffix -so, like savvaso etc., in the case of words ending
in vowels it should be preserved. 24. If the case suffix '-mhā'of the Ablative Singular occurs,
it should be preserved since it is an older suffix evolved
from smát: 25. The Nominal suffixes ya, ya', -'ye' (or even -'and
a) of the oblique nominal cases (from the Instrumental to the Locative Singular), in the case of Feminine words, should not be deemed fit to be discarded, taking
them to be the case-suffixes of the Pāli language. 26. The case suffixes '-to' or '-o' of the Genitive Singular of
the Present Participle should be preserved as instances
of archaic forms, 27. The various historical case suffixes -ssim, -ssi', 'smim,
-smi', -mhim'or -mhi' of the Locative Singular should be preserved. (The error of confounding 'sa' and 'ma' mutually is found not only in the manuscripts, but also in the inscriptions; consequently, at times the 'ssi' or 'assi' are found to have been changed to mmi'or
-asmi' in some instances. 28. If there occurs the termination -ti' of the Third person
Singular of the Present Tense it should not be changed to -;'(see the text of Ācārānga edited by H. Jacobi, 1882). If the termination te’of the Present Tense of the Third Person Singular in Atmanepada is found, it should not
be changed to ti' or ';'orti' or i'. 30. The terminations '-e'and ya’of the Optative Mood are
older than its later -ija’and -ijā' forms; they should,
therefore, be preferred. 31. The archaic terminations, like -si', si", -im'-T'; 'tthā,
itthā; -u, -ū; --ssaṁ, 'aṁsu, -imsu, of the Past Tense,
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