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NOTES-VIII. i. 211-231.
211. सालाहण, after dropping व and having संधि by i. 8. सालाहणी भासा, 1. e. Prakrit dialect peculiar to सातवाहन, dialect of गाथासप्तशती.
213 पीत changes its त to व when & स्वार्थे ल termination is added.
215-216. These rules speak of the changes of थ, which form an exception to the fundamental rule i. 187.
217-225. These rules speak of the changes of when it is not dropped by 1. 177.
217. changes its to when it means fear'; but द when it means ईषत् as in दरदलिअ it remams unchanged.
220. कदली meaning a flag on the head of an elephant ( हस्तिपताका ) changes its द to र.
226-227. These rules speak of the changes of when by i. 187 it is not changed to .
228-230. These rules speak of the changes of .
228. Non-initial is invariably changed to according to this rule, which is one of the fundamental rules in Prakrit. माणइ stands for sk मानयति. In the आर्ष प्राकृत, i. e. Ardhamagadhi even non-initial a is optionally changed to .
229. The initial a in Prakrit is optionally changed to T. The practice of the later Jains is to prefer initial and to put or non-initial, is not however, uniform. The Eastern school of grammarians advocates the change of a to indiscriminately, whether is initial or non-initial.
231-235. These rules describe changes of q in Sanskrit
प
words.
231. q is usually changed to a according to this rule. See also i. 177 and 179. प्राय इत्येव etc. कइ stands for कपि. Here q is not changed to a by this rule, as in that case there would be a confusion of sense in कपि and कवि. एतेन पकारस्य etc. See note on i. 180.
