Paumchariyam Part 2

Author(s): Vimalsuri, Punyavijay, Harman
Publisher: Prakrit Granth Parishad

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(b) Medial n : J has a number of instances of preserving medial dental n and that also specifi
cally in the word anala, e.g, koväuala 13.45, virahanala 16.2, viyoganala 30.88, kohanala 31.17, narayanala 32.31. Analappabha 39.31, Vinami 3.144, nindo 24.50, 57.25, viddhatthani 27.12, etc. And there is uniform use of n in the word 1 inara. K and Kh have such instances lesser than those in J. K has often Vanara and Kh has it sometimes (According to Hemacandra
4.1.228 medial n is preserved in Arşa). (v) Clusters : (a) J has mostly on for jn and ny and it has often nn for nn. K and Kh have mostly nn for all
these three clusters. (b) J has one more instance of preservation of consonant r in a cluster ghanavandram 53.81, the
other two being at 11.120 and 34.42. (c) J retains largely a long vowel followed by a cluster with its firsi member being a nasal but
K and Kh retain it sometimes, e,g. narenda, varenda, etc. We find tarva, tāmva, jānva, jamva,
emva at several places and nevvänd also in J. Note also junhovi at 94-48. (d) J has several III person plural indicative forms of the verbs of the 10th gana in emti whereas
K and Kh have imti and arti, e.g. uvvatternti 3.96-J and 1/102ttami-K and Kh. (vi) Declensions : (a) J has also a very few cases of Nominative singular forms which are used for Accusative
singular forms of a ending bases : dhammo, gamano, 80.28, Ramo 91.62, 103.68, etc. (b) J, K and Kh have a very few instances of feminine bases having their singular Accusative
forms just like Sanskrit forms: cauyananim 8.22, kumarin 14.52, mahadevir 22.57, Sake yapurimi 22.58. Kosa nbim 88.24, and varatan un 18.27-J; Lankam 23.23, bhimi 29.2, pajjalanti 68.30 and purim 75.61,-K; Siyam 76.24, mahim 94.37-K and Kh (can they be accounted as a
fault of the copyists who were careless in placing additional anusvāra and mātrā ?). (c) J has some additional Instrumental plural forns ending in su instead of him. e.g. payavesu
saṁchanna 17.29, etc. whereas Kind Kh preserve sometimes hina case-ending of the Instrumental plural though suis found in the printed text: karaggamukkehim 8.101, khe yaravasahehii
62,35, etc. (d) J has two instances of applying mhi as Locative singular case-ending (an Ar$a form) : visaymhi
12.73 and arannamhi 11.58. (vii) Indeclinables :
K has also very few instances of using the word kihu for kim; see 21.74. 46.47, 48.8, etc. D. ADDITIONAL PECULIARITIES OF MS J.
(i) e, o, in and him are at times metrically short. (ii) There are some additional cases of having a long vowel in place of an ending short vowel
with a nasal; nayare sum as nayarcsú 20.181, solüam as soūna 103.14, ihaim as ihai 21.7, etc. Feminine substantives also have their singular Accusative forms ending in a and i in place
of an and ii respectively. (iii) A few additional instances of having ha termination for II Person singular Imperative are noted:
daveha 8.109, civaveha 8.114, suncha 5.64; 8.142, dhareha 39.58; 56.21, aneha 63.71, ete. (iv) There are a few u ending forms: etthu 79 4, alahu 113.70 (indeclinables); macchariyau 94.14,
etc.
(v) Kiha in place of kim is noted not less than nine times over and above those (eight times)
found in Jacobi's edition: see 11.53, 21.74. 27.18. 37.35. 78.32, 86.29, 103.169, 105.104 and 110.38
K. R. Chandra