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dancing, the earth shakes by the graceful tossing of his ( रुद्र's) feet ; oceans rise up and the mountains fall ; bow down to that हर ( god शिव ).
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329-446. These Sūtras describe the characteristics of अपभ्रंश, which is the predecessor of modern Indian vernaculars, such as मराठी, गुजराथी, हिंदी, बंगाली etc.
29. In अपभ्रंश one vowel may be substituted for another vowel. कच्चु and काश्च stand for कंचित्; वेण and वीण - for वेणी; बाह, बाहा, बाहु for बाहु; पट्टि, पिट्ठि, पुट्ठि for पृष्ठ; तणु, तिणु, शृणु for तृण; सुकिदु, सुकिउ, सुकृदु for सुकृतम् ; किन्नउ, किलिन्नउ for क्लिन ; लिह, लीह, लेह for लेखा; and गउरी, गोरी for गौरी . The . word : indicates that even where a specific rule is given, the Prakrit and forms may be used.
330. The ending vowel of words is shortened or longthened before declensional terminations in अपभ्रंश. To illustrate the process of lengthening and shortening we have the following illustration : -- ढोल्ला etc. in Nom.
( 1 ) विट: श्यामलः धन्या चम्पकवर्णा ।
इव सुवर्णरेखा कषपट्टके दत्ता ॥
“ The man has a dark complexion, and the fair one ( धन्या प्रिया ) has the complexion of & चंम्पर्क flower ; she seems to be a streak of gold on the (black) touch-stone. " Here and m. have their ending vowel lengthened, and धण and सुवणरेह f. have their long vowel shortened. ढोल is rendered by commentators either as विट or नायक. धण is Sk. धन्या; the Com. says :-- प्रियायाः धण आदेशः णाइ or णाइँ in the sense of इव; see IV. 444 In Vocative we have ढोला मँइ etc.
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( 2 ) विट मया त्वं वारितः मा कुरु दीर्घ मानम् ।
निद्रया गमिष्यति रात्रिः शीघ्रं ( दडवड ) भवति विभातम् ॥
• " Man ( Friend ), I warned you not to be proud (not to hold out) for long; for, the night would pass away in sleep, and it will dawn quickly." Here is Voc.
