Prakrit Grammar and Composition

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

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Lesson 3 7
Exercises
Translate the following sentences into Prākṛta :
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(A) (1) Pleasure increases. (2) Milk drops. (3) Citizens rejoice. (4) The small bundle falls down. (5) Youth blossoms. (6) The sky thunders. (7) Moral conduct appears. (8) Grass burns. (9) The debt increases.
(B) (1) Detachment should increase. (2) Suffering should vanish. (3) The state should endeavour. (4) Knowledge should succeed. (5) The government should fear. (6) Moral conduct should shine. (7) Wealth may increase. (8) The small bundle may fall down. (9) The truth should blossom. (10) Water may drop.
(C) (1) Citizens will sleep. (2) Beauty will bloom. (3) The government will endeavour. (4) Seeds will sprout. (5) Wood will burn. (6) The state will enthuse. (7) Karmas will vanish. (8) Suffering will spread. (9) Aircrafts will fly. (10) The truth will shine.
(D) (1) The head ached. (2) The citizen stayed. (3) The thread broke. (4). Wood vanished. (5). Fear disappeared. (6) Pleasure appeared. (7). Knowledge succeeded. (8) The aircraft flied. (9) The cloth burned.
Correct the following sentences in two ways. (i) Use the Verbal form according to the subject. (ii) Use the subject according to the Verbal form.
(1) Siram Dukkhanti. (2) Lakkuda Jalante. (3) Vimāṇāim Uddadi. (4) Udagam Cuihinti. (5) Nayarajaṇāņi Palai. (6) Jivanaṁ Tavantu. (7) Maṇāim Ucchahadu. (8). Dhannam Uppajjissinti. (9) Saccam Chuṭṭire. (10) Veraggāni Sohai.
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