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स्वः मोहनलाल बांठिया स्मृति ग्रन्थ
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Saurasení. Basically this book is known for asceticism and with asceticism it is also treated as a Philosophical text. In Bhagavati-Arādhanā, though, the Sauraseni Prākrit is used as the main language, but an admixture of other Prakrits can be found in it, and naturally the influence of other Prākrits in Sauraseni can also be acknowledged. 1. Elision of inter-vocalic k, 9, c, j, t, d.... etc.
The sutra "ka-ga-ca-ja-ta-da-pa-ya-vām prāyo luk" of Hemacandra (1.177) has an important role in Prakrit. By this sutra the non-initial and non-conjunct consonantal sounds are often elided leaving behind their vowel sounds in a word. The term prāya (often) indicates that the elision is not compulsory. But the tendency of a grammarian for makers a sutra is to show the regular application of it. So we can easily assume that the elision is a regular feature of a word. The same rule is also found in the grammars of Vararuci (Vr. 2 1.2), Rama Tarkavagisa (RT. 1.2. 1-4), Trivikrama (Tv. 1.3, 8.18), Kramadiśvara (Kl. 2.1) and Markandeya (MK. 2.1,2). So the elision of the itner-vocalic consonants is the regular feature of the Mahāraştri Prakrit or Prakrit in general. To show the characteristic features of Sauraseni, Hc. in the sutra "to donādau saurasenyam ayuktasya" (4.260) says that inter-vocalic t becomes d but not elided. This feature of Sauraseni mentioned by Hc. and other grammarians indicates the nearness of Sauraseni with Sanskrit and it's antiquity as well. But in the BhagavatiĀrādhana (Bhag.) we can find both the characteristic features of Sauraseni and Maharaştri that t sometimes becomes d and in many cases it is elided as per the rule of Maharaştri. For example, bhaniya (2.3), kāyavva(9), bhaniyam(11), anovamiyam(13) kāyavvam (19), rājakulapasūo(20), kuņai(20), harai(23), cauro(44),
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