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NOTES-VIII. iv. 326-330.
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नृन्यतश्च लीलापादोत्क्षेण कम्पिता वसुधा ।
उच्छलन्ति समुद्राः शैला निपतन्ति तं हरं नमत ।। " Salute god who assumes the eleventh formwhen his figure is reflected in ten mirror-like nails in kneeling before गौरी, angry in love." "While dancing, the earth shakes by the graceful tossing of his ( रुद्र's) feet; oceans rise up and the mountains fall; bow down to such हर, god शिव.
329-446. These Sutras describe the characteristics of अपभ्रंश, which is the predecessor of modern Indian vernaculars, such as मराठी, गुजराथी, हिंदी, बंगाली etc.
329. In अपभ्रंश one vowel may generally be substituted for another vowel. कच्चु and काच st.und for काच्चत् ; वेण and वीण for वेणो; बाह, बाहा, बाहु for बाहुः पठि, पिट्टि, पुठि for पृट; तणु, तिणु, तृणु for तृग; सुकिदु, मुकिउ, मुकृदु for सुकृतम् ; किन उ, किलिन उ for क्लिन ; लिह, लीह, लेह for लेखा; and गउरी, गोरी for गौरी. The word प्रायः indicates that even where a specific rule is given, the Prakrit and ithaf forms may be used.
330. The ending vowel of words is shortened or lengthened before declensional terminations in अपभ्रश. In Nominative we have the following illustration:- ढोला etc.
विटः श्यामल: धन्या चम्पकवर्णा ।
इव सुवर्णरेखा कषपट्टके दत्ता ॥ " Dark is the man and the four one (धन्या प्रिया) has the complexion of a 4576 flower; she seems to be a streak of gold on the ( black ) touch-stone." Here ढोल and मामल have their ending vowel lengthened, and धण and सुवण्णरेह have their long vowel shortened. cia is rendered by commertators either as विट or नायक. धण is Sk. धन्या; the com. says :प्रियाया: धण आदेश: णाइ or णाई in the sense of इव; see iv. 444. (2) In Vocative we have ढोला मई etc.
विट मया त्वं वारितः मा कुरु दीर्घ मानम्।
निद्रया गमिष्यति रात्रिः शीघ्रं ( दडवड ) भवति,विभातम् ॥ "Man ( Friend ) I warned you not to be proud ( not to hold out ) for a long time; the night would pass away!
