Prakrit Grammar and Composition

Author(s): Kamalchand Sogani
Publisher: Apbhramsa Sahitya Academy

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is either Declinable or Indeclinable. The Absolutive and Infinitive Participles are Indeclinable and the Present, Past and Obligatory and Potential Participles are Declinable. In other words, the Particplies are also called Verbal constructions resulting in words which are either Adjectives or Indeclinables. For expressing the purport of 'for laughing', or 'to laugh' 'for dacing' or 'to dance', 'for living' or 'to live' etc., the abovementioned suffixes are used in Prakrta. The words which are formed by adding these suffixes to the Verbs are called Infinitives. These words are Indeclinable. Therefore, these are not inflected. By adding the above suffixes 'um'/duṁ to the Verbs, the a of a-ending verbs is changed into 'i', and 'e' as; Hasium/ Hasidur Haseur/Hasedum On adding the above suffixes to 'ho' and 'thā', the Verbal constructions are : Houm/Hoduṁ Tháum/Thádum All the above-mentioned suffixes have been used in the Intransitive Verbs. All the above sentences are in the Active Voice. In Ardhamågadhi, 'ttae' suffix is added to the verbs. On adding this suffix to the verbs, the a of a-ending Verbs is changed into 'i' and 'e'. This change does not occur in the a-ending and oending verbs etc. Only ttae suffix is added to them, as, Hasa + ttae : Hasittae/Hasettae Ho + ttae : Hottae
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