Prakrta Grammar

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

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pudhavī + āu = pudhavīău (age of the earth) bahu + ațțhiya = bahuatthiya (having multiple bones) taņū + akaya = tanüakaya (not done by the body) When a vowel occurs after 'e' and 'o', no combination takes place (Hema. 1/7); e.g., lacchīe + ānando = lacchīeānando (pleasure of wealth) mahāvīre + ägacchai = mahāvīreāgacchai
Mahāvīra comes) aho + acchariyam = ahoacchariyam
(admirable surprise) There is no Combination of a verbal suffix vowel with any other vowel (Hema. 1/9); e.g., hoi + iha = hoi iha (here occurs) Rule of Disappearance in Combination (Hema. 1/10) When there are two vowels one before the other, they may alternatively either coalesce or the preceding vowel disappears and is replaced by the later vowel; e.g., nara + īsara = narīsara or naresara (lord of man) mahā + isi = mahisi or mahesi (great Indra) sāsaņa + udaya = sāsaņudaya or sāsaņodaya
(rise of government) mahā + ūsava = mahūsava or mahosava
(great ceremony) maņa + abhirāmam = maṇabhirāmam or maņābhirāmaí
(pleasant for mind) divasa + avasāņe = divasavasāņe or divasāvasāņe
(end of the day)
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