Some Topics in the Development of OIA MIA NIA

Author(s): H C Bhayani
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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2. New past passive participle bases
(Replacive -gga-, -dha- and a few others)
Analogical replacement has been widely recognized as a basic moulding factor of MIA. morphology. Its role in forming certain MIA. finite verbal and participial bases has been clarified previously, in very broad outlines, by a few scholars in a number of regular or casual studies. (See the bihlographical note at the end). The present attempt is confined to the discussion of certain replacive types in MIA. past passive patriciple bases
Besides -ia-, which has worked as a great leveller and has ultimately crowed out most of the rivals, we have replacive -kka-, -tta-ddha-, -ņņa-, -gga-, -dha- and a few other stray types. In the present attempt we shall consider replacive -gga-, -dha- and one or two other straggling formations. Relplacive -gga
Analogically developed MIA. bases *ummagga-, ragga*vagga-(1), *hagga - and *pugga- have been noted and explained by Turner. To these are to be added *vagga-(2), *bhigga-, rigga-, *cugga, *pugga-, bhugga-, *rugga-(1), lugga- and *rugga-(2).
Of the seventy-odd Sanskrit past passive participles formed with -na-, six are such as have a g-ending root-form before this -na. Their MIA, forms end in -gga-. They are as under :
bhagna- 'broken' : bhaggamagna- 'immersed': maggalagna - stuck': laggaudvigna-“sorrowful' : uvvigga(samvigna-'agitated': samvigga-) bhugna-'bent' : bhuggarugņa-‘sick’: rugga- (variant: lugga-)