Some Topics in the Development of OIA MIA NIA

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

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Introduction
1. The change of -s- to -h
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-dr- (or * dl) > -II
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-st--tt-/-mt
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CONTENTS
I. PHONOLOGICAL
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-sm- > -mh->-mh
Stop-insertion in Prakrit clusters
Post-labial -u-> -o- in the word-initial closed syllable in Prakrit.
Voiceless consonant + nasal/v changed to double voiceless stop of the same class as the nasal -a- preceding a cluster with a nasal as the anlaut
changed to -i
Nasalization of a pre-sibilant vowel in
Prakrit and thereafter
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Aspiration of non-aspirate stops
11. Doubling of a single consonant following a long vowel
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Prothetic h
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The assimilative change -i- > -u- in MIA and NIA Replacement of -nd- by -l1
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Replacement of -b- by -g
II. MORPHOLOGICAL
(1) INFLEXIONAL
A. Developments in Prakrit verb-stems :
Passive verb-stems
New past passive participle bases
Development of new active intransitive verbal stems Phonological explanation versus analogical explanation
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