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and both of which
NOTES: I. 37-91
rule but are to be traced to
exist in Sanskrit. " दवदावौ वनारण्यवह्नी ” इत्यमरः.
68. घञ् is one of the कृदन्त terminations which requires the of the first of the word; this after the f is reduced, under the present rule, to er in Prakrit.
70. The rule should have rather been: A long vowel followed by a is shortened; which is one of the fundamental rules of Prakrit. If however the is dropped by I. 29, the long vowel will naturally remain intact. 77. 3 has serveral meanings; when it means mother-in-law it is changed to .Similarly in 1.88
below.
84. This is one of the fundamental rules of Prakrit: A long vowel followed by a conjunct consonant is shortened. दिट्टिक्कत्थणवट्टं, Sk. दृष्टैकस्तनपृष्ठम् संयोगे इति किम् – If one of the members of the conjunct is dropped or if there be no conjunct at all, the vowel would remain as it is. आयास stands for 3 where, cannot be shortened. In r and ऊसव which stand for ईश्वर and उत्सव, a member of the conjunct is dropped and hence the original long vowel remains in while the short vowel is lengthened in ऊसव.
85-98. Changes of . 85. In Prakrit g and a nounced long as well as short, and ; the quantity of the word as they are followed by conjucts.
have two values and are proand stand for shortened however is not changed Compare I. 116 below.
88. According to this rule is changed into ; how is then far to be explained? H. proposes
that may be a synonym of in Sk., from which q, Aco. sing., may be had.
91. इति is changed to इअ if the word occurs at the beginning of a sentence.
