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NOTES-VIII. iv. 260–275.
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meaning pretty often leaving a history behind them and therefore these Parkrit roots which can show even a remote relation in form to Sanskrit roots should not be called 31116 but only those that cannot show such similarity I have, however indexed all the roots and their originals as they are given by Hemacandra.
260-286. Thess Sutras describe the characteristics of Riitat.
260. The change of a to is the chief characteristic of this dialect. Non-initial, non-conjunct a is changed to according to this rule. There are a few instances in which त as member of a conjunct is changed to द; e.g. सउन्दला महन्द, निचिन्द and अन्देउर. An initial त in तावत् is also optionally changed to .
263-265. These three rules speak of the declentional peculiarities of the dialect. Words ending in a in Sanskrit optionally get आ in Voc. sing. as also अनुस्वार; e.g. कञ्चुइआ for
ogroh, great for ret; fri for 157, fq39978 for langaniaz. Of these instances 595341 and gihi may be explained as vocative forms after the addition of a # termination, while in the other instances the final z is changed into a FrT; the same may be side of #77 (present participle ) and Hiraa, but in these cases the ster is found in Nom. sing. also.
266. f is optionally changed to 17, the other alterna tive being ज as in महाराष्ट्री.
267. The change of a to a forms one of the fundamental rules of the dialect.
271. In the authal dialect Fral of the Absolutive is changed to 57 or ; thus we have fai and Hique from , 9TH, gitau from 95, as also the usual forms HET, IST etc
272. In the case of roots x and oth we have 937 and 1937 as additional forms of the Absolutive.
273–275. These three rules speak of the conjugational
