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uage in general has got much affinity with Skt. In that case Rt's definition about Uprnāgara as owing its origin to Skt on account of bearing close resemblance is justified.
45. After disposing of Upanāgara in the way mentioned above, Mk proceeds to deal with the rest of the so-called Ap dialects which, according to him, do not deserve independent recognition and, which, therefore, he includes under the main varieties of Ap. He refutes the contention of his opponent by the latter's own words and substantiates his point of argument by saying that there is no justification in recognising them individually when we see that if we go on counting such dielects on the basis of slight difference then thousands of such speeches would crop up. Hence it is wise to know the other varieties, as he puts it, according to the usage in their respective regions.
The peculiarities of twentyone dialects out of the remaining twentyfour have been shown by Mk by way of quoting his opponent. They are 1. Įākka 2. Mâlavi 3. Pāñcāli 4. Vaidarbhi 5. Lāți 6. Audrī 7. Kaikeyi 8. Gaudi 9. Kauntali 10. Pāņdyā 11. Saimhali 12. Kālingi 13. Prācyā 14. Ābhīri 15. Kārņāți 16. Madhyadesīyā 17. Gaurjarī 18. Pāścātyā 19. Drāvidi 20. Vaitāliki and 21. Kāñci. This list along with the peculiarities shown of each dialect coming under it is almost identical with Rt's.96 Pu also
95. Of course this type of sandhi is also allowed in Pkt. Cf. I T PS. IV. 23.
96. For a comparative study of the list of Aps of both Mk and Rt see Ap acc. to Mk and Dhakki Pkt, by GRIERSON, op. cit. In this connection PiSCHEL's remark that Mk understands some south Indian languages under the name of Ap has been refuted by GRIERSON.
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