Saurseni and other Prakrits in the Bhagavati Aradhana

Author(s): Jagat Ram Bhattacharya
Publisher: Z_Mohanlal_Banthiya_Smruti_Granth_012059.pdf

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दर्शन दिग्दर्शन
suvihiyamimam(41), anaviggahiyam(55), ussarai(74), iyarae(116), jai(139), nāyavvo(219), anupaliyā(245), kaya(325), but kada(in 327), pariharai(340), maisampanno(502), kayaro(353), oknamạiya(384), siyalabhavam(346), etc. Here it is worth mentioning that y-sruti is found in many places as a regular feature of Prakrit. The meaning of the sutra "a-varno y-śruti" (HC. 1.180) is that the surplus vowel a can be changed into ya if followed by a-sound. But here some words like bhaniya and etc. violate this rule. According to Hc. it is exclusively a characteristic feature of Arsa or Ardhamagadhi(Amg), So this evidence of Amg is also found in this Saursení text. In Bhag. the d which should be preserved as a saurseni character, is also elided in some cases. Some of the examples are as follows, uvasampaya (67), rayaseyanamagahanam(97), Viccheya(200), saya(336), payavibhāgi(535) āyariyapayamula (577), but some examples tally with the rule prescribed by the grammarians where t becomes d, for example, visiyadi(878), bhanido(35) etc. In some places t is preserved, such as, pamditamaranam(28), vasati(232) etc. The rest of the aforesaid consonental sounds have no special treatment in Sauraseni. So no examples are found.
2. On the treatment of k becoming g
It is a common feature in Prakrit that the intervocalic consonental sound kis elided and the surplus vowel exists. It is neither Hc. nor other grammarians who have prescribed any rule for k becoming g in Sauraseni. In the vrtti of the sutra k, 9, c, j, i, d....(1.177), Hc. mentions about the other Prakrits,, i.e. Aradhanamagdhi k becoming g is a frequent phenomenon (vyatyayasca-4.447 ityaeva kasya gatvam). But Hc. while discussing the characteristic