Jain Journal 1996 04

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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JAIN JOURNAL: VOL-XXX No. 4, April 1996
18. Stems ending in as. N. Pururavā (vās)82; A. Pururavasam; I. Pururaveņa; G. Pururavassa; L. Pururavast. The inflection is customarily after the a-declension; N.M. vimano (vimanāḥ), neuter N.M. dummanam (durmanah); A. neuter uram, jasam, naham, siram (uraḥ, yasah, nabhaḥ, sirah4; I. M. vacchena (vakṣasā); °sirena (sirasā); M. maṇena (manasā)85; G. tamassa, rajassa (tamasaḥ, rajasah); L.M. ure beside urammi (urasi), nahe and nahammi (nabhasi), sire, mane (sirasi, manasi), sarammi (sarasi), S. sotte (srotasi). Plur. N.M. sară (sarāmsi); I.M. sarehi, sirehi and sirehim (sarobhih, sirobhih); G.M. sarāṇa (sarasām)).-Feminine forms are: N.M. vimana vva(vimanā eva), Ś. pajjussuamaṇā (paryutsukamanāḥ); AM vimanam; I. taggadamaṇāe=tadgatamanaskayā; M. vimanai (metrically for vimaṇāe); Plur. N.M. gaavaão-gatavayaskāḥ; A. sumanão-sumanasaḥ; vimaṇāhim, [22] mangalamaṇāhi; G.M. gaavaāṇa, (gatavayaskānām).—apsaras runs : N. acchara, Plur. N. accharão, I.
L.M.
accharāhim.
19. Stems ending in is, us. Apart from the rest like Auso (Ayuṣaḥ) they figure vocalical: N. dihāūs dirghāyuḥ), neuter M. havim, dhanum (havih, dhanuḥ); A. dihāum (dirghāyuṣam), dhanum (dhanuh); I. dihāuṇā (dirghāyuṣā)97.
B. Comparison
20. The suffixes are the same as in Sanskrit: mahattara, Mg. mahattala, M. tikkhaara (tikṣṇatara); piadama, M. piaama (priyatama); kaniasi (kaniyasi), kaniṭṭha (kaniṣṭha); bhūo (bhūyas) beside bahudara (tara); jěṭṭha (jyeṣṭha). Sometimes the positive stays in the sense of the comparative: tatto vi... pia tti (tvatto 'pi... priya iti), "himself dearer than thou"; M. ovaaṇāhi vi lahuam (avapatanad api laghukam) "quicker than the plunge".
82. Similarly in Mg. samassasidamanā = samāśvastamanāḥ.
83. Mg. silasi (śirasi).
84. Mg. manam (manas).
85. Abl. M. sirāhi (sirasah).
86. Besides (of the extended stems) dihauso, M. adiharauso (adirghāyuḥ; dihara stands for *diraha-dirgha, Pischel § 354).
87. L.M. dhanuhe (dhanuși). asis forms the stem āsisä-whence I. äsisae, Plur. āsīsāhim and asisā : A. äsisam, G. äsisae, Plur. āsisānam. The stem vāc is extended to vāca and therefore runs: N.M. vāā; A. M. vāam. I. O*väãe, also M. vāāt; G. Mg. vāãe; L.M. vääi; Plur. N.M. vää and vāão; L.M. vääsu.