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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In Search of the Original Ardhamāgadhi
K.R. Chandra and the Aupapātikasūtra. We may add to these from the Sū. Kr. the usage 'ayasā' (for ‘ātmanā', 1.4.1.6 Alsdorf) and 'ātasā' (MJV.) ‘pannasā' (1.6.8; 1.13.13,14) and from the Isibhā. 'cakkhusā'(35.23),
'cetasā' (27.2), ‘tejasā (37, p.83.24), etc. (I) The Forms with Case Suffix '-bhi' of Instrumental Plural :
Some residual usages of this case termination found in the Ardhamāgadhī are as follows:
thībhi (=strībhih) - Ācā 1.2.4.84; pasubhi (=paśubhih) - Uttarā 9.49 samjhamebhi - Isibhā., p.128.2, 9 (Schübring); kadebhi (?) (Sū. Kr. Cūrņi
usage). (cf. infra, p. 26 f.n. 23) (J) Some Usages with the form having the Case
Ending -āya' of the Dative Singular : (i) Isibhā. - nevvānāya (27.2), vāhikkhayāya
and mohakkhayāya (38.7), jhānāya (38.15), kammādāņāya (38.16) mokkhāya (24.38), ņevvānāya (27.2) Sūtrakịtanga - ātahitāya (MJV, 1.4.1.16) annapāyāya (annapākāya) - Variant of Cūrni quoted on p.50 of the MJV Edition. (Normally, we find the forms with the suffix
-āe in such cases). (K) Old Usages of Ablative Singular as Adverb :
padiso (tasaṁti pānā padiso disāsu ya - Ācā. 1.1.6.49). Pischel (413) has quoted the following instances : diso disaṁ (Ācā. 2.16.6) MJV; p. 278 variants : disodisis, disodisi. disodisiṁ (Praśnavyākarana, Uttarādhyayana, Nāyādhammakahāo). We may add the following examples :
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