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MARCH, 1892.]
THE INSCRIPTIONS OF PIYADASI.
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JAUGADA. - a final changes into u in savatu, II, 8 (Dh. "ta); - iinto é in ánanéyarn (= ánaniyan = ánrinyarn), det. I, 9; det. II, 13.
DEHLI. - a into i; majhima, I, 7; - a into u: -muté (ARM), VI, 19; munisánam, VII-VIII, 2, al.; - uinto i : munisa, passim ; pulisa, I, 7, al.; mina, III, 8, if it really is equivalent to punah, which appears doubtful; into 8 : gôti, I, 10 ; - & into i : sukalt. V, 8 (D2 l); gihilhánara, VIIVIII, 4 ; likhápitá, passim ;-(ah) final into e: ité, IV, 15. – Instead of séyatha, V, 2, A has sayatha. -- Ri changes to a : apahata, VI, 3 (if really equivalent to apahritya); apakaļ hésu, VI, 5; bha akcesu, VIC-VIII, 8; vadhi, VII-VIII, 8, al.; kapana, VII-VIIL 8; kaļa, passim ; viyápa! , VII-VIII, 4, 5, 6; - into i: nisijitu, IV, 10.
BHABBA. & changes to i in likhapayámi, 8; - si into i in adhigichya, 6.
SAHASARÂM, - échanges to i in likhdpayátha, 7; -munisá, 3; - kid, 3; misan (=mrisha), 2, 3.
RUPNATH. - Pavatisu (for °téo), 4; - amisá, 2; ka!á, 2, al.
BAIRÂT. - Bádhi for 'dhe, 2.
Additions and Suppressions.-Kils. - Additions : galahá, XII, 31; galahati XII, 33; supaddlayé, V, 14 (if equivalent to supradáryan); – sinéhé, XIII, 38; - puluva, passim ; kuvápi, XIII, 39; suvámikéná IX, 25. - Suppressions : pi, passim; ti (iti, IX, 26); na (= éva), IX, 26, alias.
DRAULI. - Additions : supadalayé, V, 22; anuviginá, det. II, 4; ithi, IX, 7; kilamathéna, det. I, 11; palikilésé, det. I, 21; puluva, V, 22, al.; suvámikéna, IX, 10; pápunévú, det. II, 7. - Suppressions : ti (iti, det. II. 4, 7), pi, va (éva), passim.
DEHLI.- Additions : upadahev, IV, 5; vidahami, VI, 6; gé(in)vayá, I, 7; ásinaré, IL, 11, al.; duvadasa, VI, 1 ; suvé, I, 6. - Suppressions : pi, ti, va (éva), passim; anuvékha. máné, VII-VIII, 2; pațivélchamdne, VI, 4, 7.
BHABEA. - Additions: alahámi, 4; abhikhinu, 7; pasine, 5. — Suppressions : ti, 2, al.
SAHABARÂM - Suppressions : pi, ti, pagsim; va (éva), 3.
ROPATH. - Additions : sumi, 1.- Suppressions: pi; ti; va; dáni, 2 ; sumi, 1.
Contractions. – KHÁLSI. - A(1)u into ô: khó, X, 28, al.: - aya into é in causals; - ava into ô: 610dhana, V, 16; VI, 18; - ayi into é in lékhápêşdmi, XIV, 19; - aly) into é: tédasa, V, 14; -ya into i: paliliditu, X, 28; iya into é: étakayé, X, 27.
DHAULT. - A(l)u into 8: Ichê, IX, 8; - ava into ô: viyâhálaka, det. I, 1 ; viyovaditaviyé, IX, 11; blodhina, passim ; - avá into 8, if aho, IV, 13, is really equivalent to atha vá; - aya into é: ujenitê, det. I, 23; - ayi into i in véditu, det. IL, 6; - ayô into é : têdasa, V, 22; - iya into é : étaka, passim ; - ya into i : palitijitu, X, 15; - va into ú: atúlanu, det. I, 11, 12 (Jang. °tu®); - vi into w : 81 (=svid), det. II, 4 ; dudhalé, det. I, 16.
Dehli. - Nigoháni, VII-VIII, 5 (nyagrödha);-jhâpctaviuê, V, 10; khô, passim khu, II, 12; paliyovadátha, VII-VIII, 1; ôlódhana, VII-VIII, 6; viyövadisarnti, IV, 7, 9: su(svid), VII-VIIL, 17, 18.
BHABRA. - Khó, 3; óvádé, 5; abhivadé. mánann (for "dyro), 1.
RUPNÅTH. - Lékhápétaviyé, vivasłtaviyé, 5. Baisir. - Aládhétayé, 6.
NASALISED VOWELS. - I do not attempt to point out all the instances in which the anusvára has been omitted, either in negligence, or by error. They are frequent, especially at Khálsi.
Kh lsi. -A long vowel equivalent to & nasalised one: atapdsanda (uri), XII, 32, 33; dadatá ('tari), XIII, 15; dévánápiyê, XII, 30, 34; dharmasu(su)sd (sav), X, 27; disá
"sani), XIV, 21; hétá (tasi), v, 14; kariumatalá (lani), VL, 20; pujú jash), XII, 31, 34; puna (= punyar), IX, 26; santan, XIV, 17 (if it is really a nom. plur.). - After Dr. Bühler's revision the only trace of a confusion between as and u which would appear to remain is sukhitená, XIV, 17 (for sanko). The concordance of several versions in the spelling supadálaya, V, 14, renders, in this instance, the equivalence of sam and su hardly probable.
DHAULI. – Equivalence of the long and of the nasalised vowel: bumbhana and bábhana; bhavas udhi (dhi), VII, 1; kalantas (nom.
