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vowels and semi-vowels interchangeable in writing like and and and ? In the absence of this detailed information, I shall assume that this tendency of writing 2, for 6.3 must have been noticed in occasional ? cases which Dr. Tessitori has not been able to reduce to any rule; and I shall proceed to point out instances where I discover some method in the madness of the scribe. Thus, I find written almost invariably in Bhalaqa's Kadambari 8 (about V. S. 1550), while a is written only in rare cases for , and where is intended to be sounded, and not .
E Page 1, line 12. Here the word rhymes with ar and this at once shows that a is intended and not . Whereas wrx at Page 1, line 14. Here is lengthened in reading and therefore cannot be changed into 4.
yra Page 83, line 3. Where it rhymes with ta, and therefore intends a a sound. WE Page 83, line 5. ठेलाय Ditto. STIK Page 77, line 5. fr Page 85, line 2, also line 23) हिर Ditto
Jim Here even and are written with an . w Page 164, line 14, where it rhymes with 4. T4 Page 165, line 8, rhyming with it. TK Ditto line 14.
y Ditto line 20 " Fifte 999 UTE REI" where is short and yet it is not even altered to : here was a suitable occasion for the play of the scribe's tendency to write for
STTE Page 165, line 21. Here is lengthened. ( The year of copy of the manuscript is V. S. 1872.) I take up Gautama Rasa (V. S. 1412) and find the following:
Port, st. 8; af, st. 5; 49, st. 6; 53, st. 7; T T (? 457), st. 9; rafs st. 11; wa, st. 14, 18, 20, eto. ; Wetet, st. 17; C st. 17; puerit, st. 38; STATE, st. 43; 90 st. 44. (The work concludes thus
चउदह सब बारोतर परिसिहि खंभनयरि सिरिपासपसाहि () गोबमगणहर केवल दिवसिहिं
Ta afTE TYT TC ). Madhavdnala Katha (V. S. 1574, copied V. S. 1693 ) shows :
y (not ara ), v. 190, rr (not TTT), v. 203. Ushaharana by Janârdana (V. S. 1648 ) shows T ET (for refer ).
TEOT; TEE; ; Trott; OTT; ETTG 4 (for wr).
Vimala prabandha (V. S. 1568 ) has EU; p. 37, st. 24; , p. 147, st. 25; fat (Hindi ), p. 146, st. 23 x (for 2), P. 90, st. 10, 11; (for ac ), p. 200, st. 86.
1 I use this word because Dr. Tessitori speaks of a tendenoy only. & Mr. K. H. Dhruva's edition.
