Prakritadhyaya

Author(s): Kramdishwar, Satyaranjan Banerjee, Dalsukh Malvania, H C Bhayani
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad

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INTRODUOTION
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XIII. Verbal substitutes :-(V. 57-65)
sthā>ttņā; mrå>mara ; dhrn> dhara ; dyś>passa ; vraj>vaja ; brūñ>bro; bhū>ho; grah>genha ; key>kāsā
(in future). XIV. The passive voice is formed with ija (V. 60); e.g.
sumarijadi ; and also with ijja, as, sumarijjadi. The second and first personal endings of the imperative are as follows :1st person,
2nd person Sg dehum (V. 63)
kari, kars, kuru, karahi
(V. 61). Pl. samkahum (V. 63) dou, samkau (V. 62). XVI. The future is formed with ssi (V. 65); as, sumarissidi.
(ii) Drācada $ 69. Vrācada is a variety of Apabhramśa and in it the retention of r in a conjunct-consonant is permissible. drum and jrum are also ased in this dialect. eppi and eppiņu are used for gerund (tvā) (V. 66).
(iii) Nāgara-Upanāgar $ 70. Nāgare is another variety of Apabbraņś& and s and k are profusely used in this dialect (V. 67). Upanāgara, a sub-variety of Nāgara, is the language of the gathās.
(iv) (Sauraseni] $ 71. The following obaraotoristics of Saurasens are discerniblo. : I. k, d, dh and bh are optionally retained (V. 68) of ; e.g. moai,
modade ; madhukari, surabhi. II. l is found in the preposition prati (V. 74); e.g. pratijñā>
· paliñcā. III. Gerund (tvā) is formed with ia (V. 70); but in gam and k?
it is formed with dua ; (kadun, V. 71 and gadua, V.72). yāvat and tävat become yettika and tettika respectively
(V. 69). V. The nominative and accusative plural ending of neuter is
with or without n (V. 75); e.g. kumdaim, kumdāni. VI. The genitive singular termination of all genders is do
(V. 76); 6.g. purisādo, mahilādo, aggūdo.