Prakrta Grammar

Author(s): Kamalchand Sogani, Shakuntala Jain
Publisher: Apbhramsa Sahitya Academy

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Chapter-1 Combinations
Mutual coalescing of two adjacent syllables is known as Combination (Sandhi). When there are two words one after the other and if the end syllable of the first word coalesces with the first syllable of the second word, the change which occurs is called Combination; e.g.,
nara + īsara = naresara
jīva + ajīva loga + uttmā
jīvājīva loguttmā In Prākṛta literature, different types of Combination
nara + inda
narinda
are formed:
(1)
(A)
(B)
=
=
Similar Vowel Combination (Hema. 1/5) a + a = ā; e.g., jīva + ajīva = jīvājīva
a+ā ā; e.g., hima + ālaya = himālaya
=
(Himalaya mountains)
ā + a = ā; e.g., dayā + aņusaraṇa = dayāṇusaraṇa
(following kindness)
ā ā ā; e.g., vijjā + ālaya = vijjālaya
=
Prākṛta-Grammar
i+i I; e.g., puhavī
=
=
(soul and non-soul)
(place of learning)
i + i = I; e.g., sāmi + ibha=sāmībha (master's elephant) i+ I = I; e.g., giri + īsa = girīsa (Himalaya mountains) ī iī; e.g., gāmiņī + isu = gāmiņīsu
+
(village headman's arrow)
+ īsa = puhavīsa
(lord of the earth)
(1)