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INTRODUCTION TO ARDHA-MĀGADHI
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As regards origin the plu. forms show the normal development met with in nouns ending in -a. The singular forms with the anusvāra dahim, mahum are either due to the analogy of vanam or are due to the nasalisation of the final vowel, a beginning of which is found in the anunāsika preached by Pāṇini in such cases (Sk. dadhi, madhũ).
217 FORMATION OF THE FUTURE The first set of terminations of the future are : I. p. II, K
T ÀI II. p. e . The III. p. I
इस्सन्ति It will be seen that the terminations of the future are formed by prefixing to the terminations of the present the characteristic future mark -issa- corresponding to Sk. -isya-.. Like Sanskrit the -i- may be dropped after stems ending in -e- and -0. (nessāmi, neissāmi, hossāmi, hoissāmi) while it is retained unlike Sk. after stems ending in -ā (thāissāmi : Sk. dāsyāmi). The reason for this distinction is to be found in the fact that while -e- and -0- can be pronounced short before the conjunct -ssa-, -ā- could not be so pronounced without modifying the appearance of the root (*thassāmi). This is the commonest method of forming the future in AMg.
218 The future forms of a root like 'to do' will be :
I. p. PRIETAILÀ, PRI DRAMAT II. p. aftene
करिस्सह III. p. करिस्सइ
करिस्सन्ति The base used in forming this future is nearly identical with that of the present. Thus ji- ' to conquer' jinissai; bhū- 'to become' bhavisswi, hossai, hokkhai ; vihar- to wander' viharissai ; tì- 'to cross" tarissai; gam- 'to go’ gamissai, gacchissai ; sthā- 'to stand' citthissai, thāissai; preks- 'to see pekkhissai ; pecchissai ; labh- 'to get' labhissai ; pracch-'to ask' pucchissai ; pravis-'to enter' pavisissai; pravraj- 'to become a monk' par
