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the absence of the texts followed by them. Some of them occasionally record the regular forms, e.g. dacchihisi for dacchihi.' Madhava agrees with Rāmadāsa in reading dacchihi (draksyati) in 14.55, but not elsewhere. In 4.49 Latakanamiśra reads mocchihi (moksyati) like Rāmadāsa, but in 3.30 he has mocchii in the same sense (cf. HC 3.172). The forms in hi are thus consistently found only in Rāmadāsa; and it is therefore probable that the recension of the Setubandha followed by bim has been affected to some extent by the influence of Apabhraņśa.
Examples of the Optative are nejjāmi 3.55; dharejja 5.4; jivejja 5.5; paavejja 4.28; virahejja (virahayet tyājayet) 5.4; ņamejja 8.14.
There are several examples of the Cooditional formed with present participles?.
artige taci... JAFF 11.94; 5 hafa SH 75 ei 11.121; o Tafari patrace for at FATHU 11.132. See also 11.80.
Similar examples are found in GS 1.26; 3.16. The use of the present participle for the Conditional is also found in Apabhramsa, and may have derived from the spoken language. Many examples of this in prose are found in the Vasudevahindi.
Reference may be made to a few words which occur in our text, at least in Rāmadāsa's recension, in a form unusual in classical Mahārāștrī, but current in Apabbramsa. 1 See Extracts 11.93. 2 Cf. HC 3.179, 180 and Mārkandeya 6.18, 36. 3. See the verses cited in HC 4.351. 1; 4.395. 1 and Jacobi's Introductions to Sanat
kumāracaritam p. 16 and Bhavisattakahā p. 41, 4. 0.8. जइ य पुरोहितो अप्पणो अवराहेण निवासिओ मि त्ति पयणुकामरिसो होतो तो बहू
e armurerfor gheto ugotat p. 263.
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