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INTRODUCTION In Setu 5. 40, 42 Rāmadāsa reads uvahi for u ahi (udadhi). The va-śruti of which uvahi is an example is a prominent feature of Apabbramsa'. The form uvahi, for instance, is used through out the sea romance Bhavisattakahā of Dhanapala. It is also occasionally found in Jaina Mahārāștri, and used several times in the Lilavai3, the language of which has undergone considerable Apabhraņģa influence. We have no information about the reading recorded by the commentators other than Ramadasa, but SC Text and Latakanamiśra read uahi for uvahi. On the other hand, the latter reads uvara for uara in Setu 10.45, uvara being the equivalent of udara in Apabhraņśa.
Lavijjanta (lāgyamāna) for lāijjanta in Setu 13.13 provides another example of va-śruti in our text (Rāmadāsa's recension). The verbal form läijjai (lāgyate) occurs in Setu 4.354. Madhava and SC Text in fact read läijjanta for lavijjanta in Setu 13.13. It may be noted that the root lag caus., rarely used in Sanskrit, gives rise to forms that are very much in evidence in Prakrit and specially Apabhramśa texts, often with the va-śruti: e.g., lāyai, lāvai (cf. joai, jovai see)5, lāvabi (imper.), laijjaü', laias etc, 1. Introd. (p. 25) to Bhavisattakahā, ed. Jacobi. 2. KM pp. 14, 1. 14; 26, 1. 33; 34, 1. 9; 35, 1.9; 56, 1. 3; 60, 1. 29; 91, 1.4; 217, 1.24etc.;
Caüppannamahāpurisacariya (PTS), p. 9, verse 27; Nānapancamikahão (Singhi Jain
Series) 1.110, 454; 10. 5, 61 etc. 3. See Glossary in Upadhye's edition. 4. Cf, siity 13553 arcu# KM, p. 112, 1. 30. 5. 03 J F Jasaharacariu 1. 22.2; Q3 Aug FTAET3 ... 3127f7 F FATTET Ora Paumacariu 40.5.3; 12 TETRTT 92 gafa ibid.45.15.3; f0a 03
af ibid. 49. 20. 3. 6. URTE alas gaf ibid. 55. 2. 5. 7. TAET 9 # 1853 FUzay ibid. 54. 13.10. & FTETIFO 3754&ga-5793 ibid. 46.5, 1; 3133 UT garag ibid. 47.6.8; site
3173 (v.r. afas) ibid. 11. 7. 5; 315311 FAUT KM, p.108.1.27; falou OTG Draft
rufin Vasu, p.44, 1.26. In Setu 2.26 (AE-J1837' làia is rendered as lāgita yojita by Rámadása in an alternative explanation.
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