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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ARCHAIC LINGUISTIC ELEMENTS IN THE ARDHAMĀGADHI
on the basis of those in usage in the Pāli literature and Ashokan inscriptions.
Examples from the Ardhamāgadhī literature : (1) akāsi (Ācā. 1.9.4.314), rikkāsi (Ācā. 1.9.1.257),
ahesi (Ācā. 1.9.1.298): pakāsī, nāsī (Isibhā., 31, p. 69. 10,18). acārī (Ācā. 1.9.3.294); bhuvim (Isibhā., 31, p.69.18). Cf. abhiramiṁ (Pāli Suttanipāta, 63.2), etc. kuvvitthā (Ācā. 1.9.4.321), esitthā (Ācā. 1.9.4.318). āhu (=āhuh) (Ācā. Sū.140, Sū kr., 1.2.17,20); abhū (=abhūt) (Uttarā., Pischel 516), adakkhu, adakkhū, addakkhu, addakkhū (Ācā. Sū. 88, 151, 152).
akarissaṁ (Ācā. Sū., 4; Pischel 516),
pucchissa'haṁ (Sū. Kr. 1.5.1). (6) āhaṁsu (Ācā. Sū. 1.4.1.28 abhavińsu. (Sū.
Kr. 1.15.25), himsimsu (Ācā. Sū. 52,256,295), lusiṁsu, nivatimsu, vihariṁsu (Ācā.
Sū.295,297). (Q) Usages with archaic terminations of Optative Mood :
The common terminations of the Optative Mood in Prakrit are 'ja', -ija, ijja', 'ijjā'; and 'eija, -ejā but, in the older portions of the Ardhamāgadhi texts, archaic usages with older terminations have survived, which may be illustrated as follows : (1) The termination '-e':
gijjhe (grdhyet), harise (harset), kujjhe (krudhyet), kandūyae (kandūyayet), kine (krnet), care (caret) - Ācārānga; labhe (labhet), citthe (tisthet), uvacitthe (upatisthet) - Uttarādhayayana (See, Pischel, 462); acche (acchindyāt), abbhe (ābhindyāt) - Ācārānga,
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