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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THE STATE
CANONICAL
(b)
OF ARDHAMĀGADHI (ĂGAMIC) TEXTS
The Readings in the Mss. of Ācārānga-Cūrṇī:
For mattā
64
logam
kūrāņi
kammāņi parivaṁdaṇa atithibale
46
66
46
61
IN VARIOUS EDITIONS OF THE JAINA
mamtā
loyam
kuräim
kammāim
pariyamdana atidhibale
Ācā.
"C
66
(C
66
"C
6
40
20
82
း
Similar instances of readings with phonetic changes
7
79
(9) in the Suttanipāta in Pāli are notable :
Thus, we find pahamsamāņo for pahassamāṇo (50.10) and vītaramsi for vītaraśmi (55.41)
It is clear how linguistic changes go on creeping into the archaic form of the language, with passing time. (C) Peculiarities Of The Two Editions (Schu. and Jambū.) Of The Acārānga
Schübring has adopted the readings with the elision of medial unaspirate consonants and with the change of the aspirate consonants to 'h', thus he has literally followed the rules of the Prakrit grammarians. On the other hand Muniśrī Jambūvijayaji 10 has retained the medial consonant in its original form in his edition. Schübring has adopted the readings with the complete elision of the medial 't', and 'ta', 'ti', 'tu', 'tum', 'to', of the terminations of cases, tenses and those of the participles, etc., while actually we find, in the very ancient Palmleaf Ms. (A) utilised by him, the occurrence of the termination 'ti', of the present tense to the extent of 50 per cent; we do not find 'i', in the place of 'ti', everywhere11 in the Ms. The elision of the medial 't', is comparatively very less in the edition of Muniśrī Jambūvijayaji. In Schübring's edition the elision of the medial consonants exceeds 50%, while in that of Muniśrī Jambūvijayaji it is 25% only. 12
In Schübring's edition the initial dental 'n', the dental 'n' of the indeclinable, the medial and initial 'ny' as 'nn',