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 OF ARDHAMĀGADHI IN VARIOUS EDITIONS OF THE JAINA CANONICAL (AGAMIC) TEXTS
of 50 to 100% in different Adhyayanas of the Isibhāsiyāim edited
by him; this is a matter of surprise. (Cf. supra, pp.17-18). 12. The elision of the medial consonants is found to be sometimes
10%, sometimes 25%, sometimes 35%, and on an average 25%
only in the Isibhāsiyāim edited by Schübring. 13. See, my article, 'Prācīna Prāksta Bhāṣā mem Ādya Nakāra
yā Ņakāra', 'PRĀKĘTA VIDYA', Udaipur, July-Sept., 1989. 14. See, my article, 'Prācīna Prākrta meṁ 'na' aur 'ña' ke Parivartan
ki Samīkņā', 'PRĀKĄTA VIDYA', Udaipur, July-December, 1990. 15. The medial -g- is preserved in the MJV. Edn. of the Sāmāyārī,
26th Adhyayana, seven times, while in those of Charpentier and
JVB. editions it is generally found elided. 16. Ācārānga, (MJV.), Prastāvanā, pp.36-37. 17. Quoted from the Index, given at the end of the relevant editions
of the works and the Isibhāsiyāim Kā Prākrit-Sanskrit Sabda
kośa, K.R. Chandra, 1998. 18. Alsdorf has here adopted the reading 'sambhūta'; see, Kleine
Schriften, p.190. 19. Although the period of the composition of the Āvaśyaka-niryukti
is later, the dental in' is generally found retained in the Edn. of the work published by the Āgamodaya Samiti, e.g. (i) natthi, nānāviha, niuna, nijjutti, niddosa; (ii) nāna, nāyavva, sannā;
(iii) uvavanna; (iv) anna (anya). 20. See, Kleine Schriften, pp.197-198. 21. But, in 1.25 the reading is cittalamkāragāni (i.e. the reading
with the suffix -āņi). 22. The suffix - mīna, in the place of -māna of the Present Participle
is found in the Ashokan inscriptions. 23. It is proper to mention here the usage of the word 'thibhi (strībhih),
found in all the Edns. of the Ācārānga (1.2.5.84). It is surprising how this usage has been preserved. It is proper to accept
the reading 'kadebhi'. 24. See, the Prastāvanā of the relevant edition of the work with
regard to the antiquity or modernity of the manuscripts. 25. See, Infra, foot-note 22.
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