Prakrta Grammar

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

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The whole Indeclinable Compound is an Adverb. The last word of the Compound is always in the Nominative Neuter Gender Singular. Indeclinable Compound is not inflected; e.g., uvaguruṁ (Nominative Neuter Singular) = (near the Guru) aņubhoyanaṁ (Nominative Neuter Singular) = (after food) painayaraṁ (Nominative Neuter Singular) = (every city) paidiņaṁ (Nominative Neuter Singular) = (every day) paigharaṁ (Nominative Neuter Singular) = (in every house) jahāsattim (Nominative Neuter Singular) = (according to strength) jahāvihim (Nominative Neuter Singular) = (according to rule) Mostly in Compounds last Vowel of the first word becomes long if it is short and short vowel becomes long. There is no definite rule for this; e.g., Long Vowel in place of short Vowel alternatively (Hema. 174) anta + vei
antāveī or antavei (middle part of Gangā and
Yamunā) satta + visa
sattāvīsa or sattavīsa
(twenty seven) pai + haraṁ = paīharam or paiharaṁ .
(the house of husband) veņu + vaņaṁ = veņūvaņas or veņuvaņas
(forest of bomboo or stick) Short Vowel in place of Long Vowel alternatively (Hema. 1/4)
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