Introduction to Ardhamagadhi

Author(s): A M Ghatage
Publisher: School & College Book Stall

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INTRODUCTION TO ARDHA-MAGADHI
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कंधरा = खंधरा neck ; कसित = खसिय cough ; किंकिणी = खिखिणी small bell; क्रीडा = खेड्ड play; गृह = घर house.
(ii) Palatals : जूषित = झसिय destroyed.
(iii) Labials: पाटयति = फालेइ tears; परिखा = फलिहा ditch; परुष = फरुस harsh; परशु= फरसु axe; बिस = भिस lotus stalk; बिसिनी = भिसिणी; बृसिका = भिसिगा straw-seat; बिंबिसार = भिंभिसार Bimbisāra.
(iv) Liquid : लशुन = ल्हसुण onion; also लसुण. 23 Loss of aspiration : भीषण = बीहण fearful, बीहणग.
It will be seen from the iHustrations that the aspiration is most marked with tenues and limited in case of media. The deaspiration is equally sporadic. The cases where b- is aspirated are due to the preservation of the original aspirated sonant in Prākrit which is lost to Sanskrit (Sk. budh- Gr. peúthomai). For j- one can compare Sk. jasa and jhasa. As regards the aspiration of the tenues Jacobi and Bloch regard it as due to the effect of a neighbouring sound like s or r assimilating the initial sound, while Pischel and Wackernagel presuppose an alterance between initial k- and p- with a prothetic s- (Sk. tij- Gr. stizo). In case of ghara (Sk. gļha) the aspirate is a survival than a metathesis of the aspiration. It is equally possible to think that many cases of initial aspiration may be due to initial accent, particularly where no other reason can be imagined. 24 CHANGE OF THE PLACE OF ARTICULATION
(i) Palatals becoming dentals : चिकित्सा = तेइच्छा medical treatment ; चिकित्सक = तिगिच्छग physician; जुगुप्सा = दुगुंछा disgust; जिघत्सा = दिगिच्छा desire to eat; ज्योत्स्ना = दोसिणा moon-light.
___ (ii) Dentals becoming palatals: तिष्ठति = चिट्ठइ stands ; त्यक्त = चियत्त abandoned.
(iii) Dentals become cerebralised : ढक्केइ Pali थकेति; डसइ =दशति bites; डहइ = दहति burns; डाह = दाह heat; डहर = दहर young; ध्वांक्ष = ढंक a kind of bird; नूनं =.f indeed.