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R. Pischel, Grammatik der Prakrit-Sprachen
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L. Nitti-Dolcl, Les grammairlens prakrits (Paris, 1938). Journals: tbh f. d. K d. Morgeni : Abhandlungen fur die Kunde des Morgenlandes
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JAS
Notes
Minor kinds of Prakrit in the drama are Pricy, the language of the vida saka and other comic figures, Avanti, the laoguage of police officers, officer and rogues
(dhurta), and Magadhi, the language of lower characters. 2 Kavyad I, 34
mahārasprasrayān bhaşam prakrstam prākstan vidus sagaral sūktiratnanash setubandhadi yanmayam
Tho language which is connected with Maharetra is known as the superior Prakrit, it is an ocean of pearls of wise saying, and pooms like the Setubandha
are composed in it". 3 For the edition which has been used sbe under the Abbreviations. 4 Karp. I, 5
bhava kahtljau san ko bhannal raapivallahasthando rahuulacudamanino mahindavālassa ko guru "Your worship, let this be answered, who is called Moon-crowned ? and who is the teacher of Mahendrapala, the crest-Jewel of the race of Raghu po
and Karp. I, 9-10
balakar katrão utbbharardassa taha uvaljhao la Jassa pashim paramparai mahappam aradhan 80 assa kat siriraascharo tikuvanan pl dhavalenti harinankapadusiddhia nikkalanka guna fassa "He who has rison to lofty dignity by the succemivo steps of young poot, chief poot, and teacher of King Nibbhara, ti e Mahendrapala), He is the author of it, the famous Rajabokhara whose marits make resplendent the throe worlds oven, [and] are loft unblemuhod [even) by the rivalry of the
moon" (translation of Ch R Lanman). 5 Cf Karp. p179. 6 For the Sapraka, see A N. Upadhye, 10 bis introduction to Rodraddaa's Candra.
lekha (Bombay, 1945), pp 19-53. Sambodhi 5.2-3
