Book Title: Indian Antiquary Vol 43
Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications
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NOTES ON GRAMMAR OF THE OLD WESTERN RAJASTHANI
$42. Through the same process as nn seems to have gone Apabhramça U. Differentiation of Il to lh is already found in the Jaina Mahârâştri in the examples : mělhiydi <melliydi and mélhevi <mellevi occurring Bhavavairágyaçalaka, 47, 5618, both of which are referable to the verb mellai of the Prakrit (see He., iv, 91). Old Western Rajasthani has likewise melhai (P. 343), whence also mehalaï (Bh. 47, P. 504) by metathesis of 1 (see $ 51). Another Old Western Rajasthani example is :
ulhasai (P. 449) <Ap. ullasaï<Skt. ullasati.
$43. Double consonants are simplified without compensatory lengthening of the preceding vowel, when the latter is followed or preceded by a long or accented syllable or comes immediately after another vowel. Ex.:
öcha' (see $ 114) <Ap. acchaï <Skt. rocháti (Pischel, 88 57, 480), anal (see $ 106) < Ap. annai <Skt. anyáni, ănerai (Adi, 27) <Ap. annaeraü <Skt. *anyakáryakah, Apănaii (F 724) < Ap. uppannai <Skt. utpannakah, olăgu (P. 105)<Pkt. oluggo (see Decio, i, 164), cauthaü (Dd.) <Ap. ca itthaü <Skt. caturthakah, nipăjaï (F 535) <Ap. nippajjač<Skt. nispadyate, paithai (Ādi. 17) <Ap. paït!haü <Skt. pravistakah, măthalal (see $$ 101, (1), 145) Ap. *matthaallahi <Skt. *mastakala smin, văkhanai (Crâ.) < Ap. vakkhânaïs Skt. vydkhyánayati, hoi je (see $ 120) <Ap. *hoejjahi.
In some few cases, however, there seems to be no apparent reason for the vowel remaining short, as in :
mūjha, mājha (see & 83) <Ap, majjhu <Skt. máhyam. $44. Double consonants are retained in the following cardinals : 3, trinni (Yog.i, 15, 34, 50) < Ap. tinni Skt. trini, 27, sattavísa (F 663, 22)<Ap. sattávisa- <Skt. saptavinça-, 28, afthavîsa (Pr. 29) <Ap. atthdvisa- <Skt. aslavimça-, 38, atthatrisa (ibid.) < Ap. athattisa- <Skt. aslatringa., 56, chappana (Rs. 63) <Ap. chappanna- <Skt. * sa/pañcat (Pischel, § 445), 64, causatthi (F 758) <Ap. calisatthi <Skt. catuhsasli, 72, băhattari (Â di C.) <Ap.bdhattari <Skt. dvasaplali, 98, atthanu (ibid.) <Ap. *althâna'ii <Skt. astânavati, in the ordinal: chatthaü (R$ 17, 49, 56, F 602) <Ap. cha!!haii <Skt. gayakah, and in the noun: Mod. Guj. bacců (Belsare's Guj. Dict., p. 825) <Ap. avaccaü <Skt. apatyakam. 19 P. 374, however, the regular form bicaŭ is met with.
$45. Consonantic compounds of the Apabhramça, formed by a consonant preceded by the .corresponding class-nasal, pass into Old Western Rajasthani by changing the class-nasal to anundsika and at the same time lengthening the preceding vowel. Ex.:
raka (P. 151)<Ap., Skt. ranka-, siga (P. 63) < Ap. singa <Skt. çriga-, păca (see $ 80) <Ap., Skt. pañca-,
18 Edited in Giornale della Società Asiatica Italiana, Vol. XXII. (1909), pp. 179-211, and Vol. XXIV, (1911), pp. 405-416.
19 Cf. also Mod, Guj. vacce, for common O.W.R. vicai ($ 75).
