Mahapurana of Puspdanta

Author(s): Ratna N Shriyan
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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DESYA WORDS FROM THE MAHĀPURĀŅA
bhāua bhaiņā tumhe'; Karņāțakas were heard saying, 'adri pondi ma(na) re'; Tāyikas were speaking 'isi kisi misi'; Kausalikas were uttering ‘jala tala le'; Mahārāstriyas were heard speaking dinnalle gahille'; Andhras were speaking ‘ali puți rati.
ia atthārasa desibhāsāu pulaiūna siriatto annāim a pulaei khasa-pärasa
babbarādie // Thus seeing people speaking eighteen different spoken dialects, atta saw others like Khasas, Pārasas and Barbaras.' (xiv) From Nemiņābacariu of Laksmanadeva (Before 1510 V. S.)'
na samānami chaṁdu na bandha-bheu / ņau hiņāḥiu maltāsameu / ņa sukkau pāyau desabhāsa
nau saddu vannu jānami samāsa 1/2 I don't know prosody, nor different types of compositions, nor the difference of a mātrā, nor Sanskrit, Prakrit, local spoken dialects, nor words, syllables and compounds.' (xv) From Kāvyālankāra of Rudrata (800-850 A. D.)
bhāṣābhedanimittaḥ şodha bhedo'sya sambhavati // 2. 11(a)// prākṣta-samskȚta-māgadha piśācabhāṣāś ca sürasenica /
şaştho'tra bhūribhedo deśaviseșād apabhramśaḥ //2. 12// 'Poetry is classified into six divisions on the basis of language. These are Prakrit Sanskrit, Māgadhi, Paiśāci and Sauraseni; the sixth is Apabhramsa which is of numerous types according to or based upon the particular countries in which it is spoken'. Namisādhu's commentary on Kāvyalankāra 2.12 (1069 A. D.)
latha prākrtam evā pabhramśaḥ / sa cānyair u panāgarābhāragrāmyatvabhedena iridhoktas tannirāsārtham uktam bhūribheda iti / kuto? deśaviseşāt/
tasya ca lakṣaṇam lokād avaseyam / Apabhramsa is Prakrit itself. It has been mentioned by others as being three-fold, viz., Upanāgra, Abhira and Grāmya. The words bhüribheda 'of many varieties' are used (by Rudraţa) for refuting that. Where. fore ? Owing to there being many countries. Its characteristics should be properly understood from the people themselves'.
prakrti. pratyaya-müla vyutpaltir nāsti yasya disyasya / tan madahādi kathañcana rūdhir iti na saṁskyte racayet //
[ Kavya!ankāra-6. 27] 1. For the discussion of date of Lakşmanadeva, see "Ap. Bhāṣā aur Sāhitya", Jain Hiralal,
Nāgari Pracārini Patrikā, (N, S.) 3-4, V. S. 2002, p. 119 and Nagpur University Jou
rnal, Dec., 1912, p. 92. 2. As quoted by Jain, H, in the Introduction to Pāhudadohā, Karanja, 1933, p. 45