Some Topics in the Development of OIA MIA NIA

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

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Bhojpuri, Maithili, Magahi, and Awadhi), there is a different passive suffix, -ā; āp-/apā- 'give, be given'. Chatterji (1926), following a suggestion of Grierson's supports its derivation from the OIA denominative. suffix -āya. See also Saksena (1971 : 293-4). Bloch (1965 : 238) objects that the OIA form had ‘no special force and clear antecedents go back only to MIA'.
(Masica, 317). 2. Bloch (1956), 237-238; 292-293. 3. Bloch (1965), 238. 4. Bloch (1965), 238; Tessitori (1914-1915), 140; Dave (1935),
47; Pandit (1974), 234-235. 5. Shastri (1958), 216-217 6. Gandhi (1887), 217-221 7. Bhayani (1972), 43-51.
References J.Bloch, Indo-Aryan (Alfred Master's translation), 1965. S.K.Chatterji, Origin and Development of the Bengali
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Uneversity Press, Cambridge, 1991. D.N.Gandhi, Dhāturupakos'a, 1887. P.B.Pandit, Gujarāti Bhāsānū Dhvanisvarūp ane Dhvaniparivartan,
1974. K.K.Shastri, Gujarāti Rūpracnā, 1958. L.P. Tessitori, 'Notes on the Grammar of Old Western Rajastani,'
Indian Antiquary, 1914-1915. H.C.Bhayani, Thodok Vyākraņ Vicār, 1978.