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phonology. It was simply an arbitrary scribal practice and this is quite clear also from the chaotic irregularity in the writing of this type of t. No' rule governs its , insertion, except the sweet will of a scribe.
सदि
4. Two other facts also connected with the random insertion of t are notable. Firstly, sometimes we find d instead of t. The following are a few examples : written form usual Mahārāsgri Sk. form
text form वदण
वअण
वचन Dasakāliya-Cūrņi
(p. 168, 11. 10, 11, 14) सइ
et Vasudevahimdiपअभ
प्रयत
Madhyama-khanda वदसा
BTT
वयसा gaidot. उवाएण उपायेन Vasudevahindi.
(188-30) Secondly for an h, be it historically derived from an aspirated stop (kh, gh, th, dh, ph, bh) or original, we find gh, dh or bh written quite arbitrarily. This arbitrariness is compounded by the fact that dh is written for an h derived from bh and vice versa. Occasionaly even for an imitial original h we find bh in the Vasudeva himdi-Madhyama-khundu. Examples are as follows* (the list is only illustrative): Written form usual Mahārāştri sk. form Text
form मधावीर महावीर
Aglata Bhagavati-Sūtra
(Sandesara, Introdu
ction, 129, n. 30) मुघुत्त मुहुन्त
gea VHM 49. 10 णधवाहण णहवाहण
73119167 Avaśyakacūrņi
Some of these were already noted by Sandesara in Introduction to his Gujarati translation of the Vasudevahindi. -
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