Prakrta Grammar

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

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(8)
(v)
(ii)
ammi ettha
tujjha + ittha
Prākṛta-Grammar
= ammittha or ammi ettha.
=
Occurrence of conjunct letter
When a long vowel occurs before a conjunct letter, the long vowel becomes short (Hema. 1/84); e.g., (i) viraha+aggi = virahāggi-virahaggi
(ā→a)
(fire of separation) muņi + inda = muṇīnda-muṇinda
-
(ii)
camū + ucchāha
camucchāha→
camucchāha (ū→u) (zeal of the army) desa iddhi deseḍdhi-desiḍdhi (e-i) (prosperity of the country) puppha + ujjāņa -pupphojjāṇa-pupphujjāṇa (o-u) (small garden with flowers)
(8.1) When a conjunct letter occurs after a beginning vowel 'i', the 'i' vowel may alternatively be changed
into 'e' (Hema. 1/85); e.g.,
na + icchasi
=
(you all here)
When a pronoun having a vowel in the beginning occurs after an Indeclinable word, the 'begining vowel' may alternatively be dropped (Hema. 1/40); e.g.,
jai + aham = jaiham or jai aham jai + imā = jaimā or jai imā
=
tujjhattha or tujjha ittha
(I here)
(excellent among munis)
=
necchasi nicchasi (e-i)
(if I)
(if this)
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