Book Title: Indian Antiquary Vol 43
Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications
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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
[MAY, 1914
pramaï (Mu.) s pamai <Ap. pabai <Skt. *prápati (pråpnoti), prdhunaü (Adi. 51) Ap. pdhunaï<Skt. praghunakah,
bhrdaadi (Daç. iv)<Ap. Jaina Mah., Ardhamag. bhdsadi <Çauras. bhassadi <Skt. *bhasmati,
Mod. Guj. sardņa (fem.) <0.W.R. *sardni < Ap. *edni <Skt. gini.
It will be seen that in many of the examples above r is the survival of an original rin the Sanskrit. In etra (Das.) <Ap. etra- (cf. etrula-, Pischel, $ 268) we have an instance of euphonic r added to a medial consonant.
$82. I is occasionally changed to n and vice versa. Ex.: nanhai (Dac.) <Pkt. lanhao Skt. çlakanakah, nilada <Pkt. nilada- <Skt. laldia-, ITba (Up. 36) <Ap. nimbu < Skt. nimbú, Mod. Guj. lilū <0.W.R. nila (Indr. 20)<Ap. nili<Skt. nilam.
In the MS. Up. we commonly meet with lakhaï instead of ordinary na khai (33, 105, 139, 149 etc.) For analogous examples in Prakrit see Pischel, $ 260.
$ 33. Medial v is hardened to b, when by apheresis of a preceding vowel it becomes initial,
Ex.:
baïsaï (Dd. 2) Ap. uvažsai <Skt. upaviçati, bacal (P. 374) Ap. avaccaü <Skt. apatyakam.
The latter word is the regular form of Gujarati bacci (Hindi baccá), the origin whereof had been hitherto wrongly traced to Sanskrit vatsa.
$84. Euphonic v is inserted before a preceded by another vowel, much in the same way as y ( 28), only more rarely. Ex.:
javai (F 722, 254) <jdai (Âdi C.) (see 8 116) <Ap.jdi <Skt. yati, jovana (Adi C.) <Ap.joana- <Skt. yojana, pivai (F 535, iv, 3) <piai (see $ 116) <pii (Daç. ix) <Ap. piai <Skt. pibati. $85. Medial v falling between two vowels is occasionally elided. Ex.: sui nai (Şart. 159) Pkt. suvi nao <Skt. svapnakah. When v is followed by a, the entire syllable va is elided. Ex.: Kanhade (Kanh.) <Ap. Kanhadeva- <Skt. Krsnadeva-, Jayasimghade (Vi. 59) <Skt. Jayasimhadeva-, deharau (P.334) <Ap. devagharau <Skt. devagrhakam. Cf. the case of Prakrit in Pischel, $ 149. $36. Medial vaccompanied by anunâsika passes into m and the anunâsika is dropped. Ex: ima (see $ 98, (3)) < Ap. eja <Skt. eva, leimatda (Adi C.) <Ap. kajada- <Skt. kapataIn the following vis retained, anunâsika only being dropped. Ex.: kadava (Daç. v, 4) Ap. kaddaða- <Skt. kardama..
$37. (1) h falling between two vowels in the last syllable of a word and forming part of a termination, is generally elided and the two vowels are either contracted or remain in hiatus. Ex.:
karaha (P. 582) <Ap. karahaha<Skt. * karabhasdm (karabhdnám), kd (Ratn. 18) Ap. kahd <Pkt. kamhd <Skt. kasmàt, ja nai (Bh. 44) <Ap. jd nahi <Skt. "janasi ( Jindsi), jivo (sast. 93) <jivai <Ap. jivaho, vocative plural, nayane (F 783, 71) < Ap. naa nahi <Skt. *nayanabhis (nayanais), ml (800 & 83) <Ap. mahu <Skt. mahyam. In old poetry, however, h in a termination is occasionally retained. Ex.:
