Mahavira Jain Vidyalay Suvarna Mahotsav Granth Part 1

Author(s): Mahavir Jain Vidyalaya Mumbai
Publisher: Mahavir Jain Vidyalay

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234 : SHRI MAHAVIRA JAINA VIDYALAYA GOLDEN JUBILEE VOLUME
(2-5-105) = maithuna, ceiya (9-33-383) = caitya, vejja (16-3-572) = vaidya. (2) au changes into o, e.g., osaha (2-5-107) = auşadha, kosambi (12-2-441) = kauśămbi. Lengthening and shortening of vowels :
There are found the occasional lengthening and shortening of vowels. (1) A short vowel for ra + consonant is lengthened as compensation, when a conjunct consonant occurs immediately after it and one of the members is dropped and the remaining member is not doubled, e.g., kāum (2-1-92) = kartum, phāsa (1-1-15) = sparsa, vāsa (15-1-541) = varşa, vāgala (11-9-417) = valkala.
(a) Sibilant + ya - pāsai (3-1-134) = paśyati. (b) sibilant + ravisasā (8-1-309) = visrasā. (c) sibilant + va - āsa (9-33-385) = aśva. (d) In place of am before eva there becomes the lengthening of a, e.g., evämeva (2-1-91), khippāmeva (9-33-385), jāmeva (9-33-385), tāmeva (9-33-385). Besides these, there are found many cases of the lengthening of short vowels, e.g., in the case of the final vowel of the prefixes, especially of pra, pāvayana (9-33-384) - pravacana and in that of the final vowel used in the vocative singular, e.g., Anandā (15-1-547), Goyama (1-1-8). Elevation of vowels :
There is found the elevation of vowels in some cases, such as, the first vowel of a prefix, e.g., pāļiekka (15-1-540) = pratyeka, the final vowel of a prefix, e.g., āhevacca (18-10-647) = ādhipatya, and in other cases, e.g., căuramta (1-1-5) = caturanta, căugghamța (9-33-383) = caturghanța. Shortening of vowels :
Long vowels are frequently shortened in many words. (1) A vowel is shortened (a) in the case of the accent falling on the following syllables : āyariya (15-1-547) = ācārya, pajjava (8-2-323) = paryāya, (b) in that of the stress accent, e.g., suhuma (6-3-337) = sūksma, (c) in a case when it comes before a conjunct consonant, e.g., puvva (15-1-539) = pūrva, gimha (9-33-383) = grīşma, majjāra (15-1-557) = marjāra, kattha (2-1-92) = kāştha. (d) in that of all syllables accompanied by a nasal vowel or anusvāra, e.g., mamsa (15-1-557) = māṁsa. Dropping of initial vowels :
There are found several cases of the dropping of vowels in the language of the Bhagavati Sūtra, e.g., vähanão (2-1-90) = upānaha, lāuya (1-1-19) = alāvuka, etc.