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 ARDHAMĀGADHI
that have somehow or otherwise survived, should be
preserved. 32. The suffix '-da’of the forms in Past Passive Participles
of the roots eding in r'as also of some other roots, as found in kada, mada, nivvuda, avahada, gada, etc.,
should not be changed. 33. The termination mīna’of the Present Participle, if found
as in the Ashokan inscriptions, should be preserved; it
indicates antiquity. 34. The absolutive terminations -ttā', 'ttānam, ya'(-iya'),
-yā', '-yānaṁ, '-cca', and '-ccanaṁ' are considered to
be older ones. 35. The termination -ttae' (-ittae) of the Infinitive is older
one. 36. The usage of bhava’for the root bhū’should be con
sidered as older than that of bho', 'hava', 'ho', and 'hu'. 37. Those historical forms that are connected with the An
cient Indian Language (OIA), even if the phonetic changes may have occurred in them in some instances, should be preserved as such, whether they may be the forms of Nouns or Verbs or Participles or Indeclinables.
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