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gamihi etc. Such forms are also frequently found in Jaioa Mahārāşirī, and sometimes in later Mahāräşırt texts like the Lilāvar.' This hi appears also in a short form hi in Apabhramśa, e.g., hohi, jāihi, jāhi etc. The hi form occurs also in Jaina Mahārāşırı. The fact that Jaina Mahārāștri is closer to the spoken language explains the presence of a considerable number of such forms in texts like the Kuvalayamala and the Vasudevahindi where it is often followed by tti usual after verbs 5.
Forms like those mentioned above are rare in classical Mahārāștri, GS has, however, pavasiihi (pravatsyati) 1.46 and hoihi (bhavisyati) 2.87€; and Gaüda 997 has samthavehi (samstbāpayișyati). It may be noted that, unlike HC 3.172, Trivikrama allows alternaive forms like mocchihi, mocchihii; socchihi, socchihji; rocchihi, rocchihii etc.?, but the occurrence of such forms in classical Mahārāştri texts seems to be due to the infiltration of Apabhramśa traits.
It is necessary to point out that some of the irregular forms mentioned above have variants, and it is not always possible to determine the readings of all the commentators in I Hohi, lahihi, kāhi, ehi, pesihi (vy. 158, 411, 225, 862) etc. 2 Alsdorf, Kumāra pālapratibodha, P. 100 and Glossar under hoi. Hamburg, 1928. 3 Prākyta-Paingalam (BI) 2.144. Jāihi is explained in the comm. as yāsyati. 4 Cf, tā kimittu vi turau jāhi tti cintevinu Sanatkumāracaritam 569. Ed. Jacobi.
München, 1921. See also Introd. (p. 17) to the Text. 5 e. g., FUTOT 9 alg Fod igi i KM p. 14; TAT FI fa TYTTFA ROTAT E F ibid. p. 17; TT gi ri i Å TURUTE # ibid. p. 153; argaat
AT PAYS TÁT JE foar34 9977 fo Vasu p. 80; Te Fst f ga feta ibid. p. 127. 6 See NS ed. with the comm. of Gangadhara. Weber adopts the regular forms. The
form hoihi occurs also in Vasu : F H 9 atat gat Es fa p. 97, 1.20. 7 Prakrit Grammar of Trivikrama 2.4.30, ed, Vaidya. Sholapur, 1954.
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