Introduction to Ardhamagadhi

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

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INTRODUCTION TO ARDHA-MĀGADHI
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changes as the lengthening or loss of vowels and doubling of consonants. 122 VOWEL CHANGES
(i) An unaccented vowel is lost : q=39% (udaká) water ; पोसह= उपवसथ (upavasathi) fast ; लाउ=अलाबु (alaba) gourd; ry=f fa householder ; alt=raia past; aiša =अवतंसक crest.
The changes áranya = Tanna, árişta = rittha agree more with Jacobi's system of accentuation. :
(ii) The initial vowel of the enclitics is often lost : a= ( after anusvāra ) a (after vowel ); gara ( after anusvāra ) FA ( after short vowels ) & (after long vowels); sa=a ( after anusvāra ) 67 (after vowel ).
(iii) A vowel in the middle may be lost : सुरभि सुन्भि smelling good ; दुरभि-दुभि smelling bad; उपरिउ above; Azilca=H59 noon. 123 CONSONANTAL CHANGES
(i) The consonant in the accented syllable may be geminated, doraes (tailá) oil; 14=(premán) love ;
cara ( daivá ) fate; grocerquin (tūsrākám ) silently ; Gw= (rjú) straight ; fest= T= ( krida ) sport ; 15 =ais (nidá) nest; tra=ne ( nakhá) nail ; s=gapore ( dukūlá ) garment.
(ii) In a number of cases the accent is not known: Floqurian youth ; 4541=hal service ; To=filu according to meaning; the suffixes To, 58, 59.
In such cases Bloch sees, not the effect of accent, but the gemination due to expressiveness as found in Sanskrit itself, itthā, iyattikā, katthate etc. All such doubling and those of the suffixes illa, ulla, alla may be of popular origin: