________________ 59 Pk. fir, fra, fi, fine, fic mean 'to crawl'. (See CDIAL. 10733, 10735, 10739). * fra and freta would be causal bases, verbal nouns would * fuqu , * freau (neuter) * fuauit, * frequit (feminine). These would develop as fequit friluft, fequit, faunt in the NIA-stage. (Compare Marathi fam 'to crawl'). In Prakrit there are instances in which a causal base is used in the same sense as the simple base, e.g. face, चिंतव् 'to think'. In the light of this रिंगवणी, रिघोणी can be taken to mean 'crawling movement?.* It should be noted that feminine verbal nouns in 3tus are a characteristic of the NIA-stage. Reference Works (1) H. C. Bhayani (ed.). Paumacariu of Svayambhu. (2) V. Raghavan (ed.). Nittaratnavali of Jaya Senapati, 1965. (3) R. L. Turner. Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages (CIDAL). * Tech. But the The Desi Nima described after the Desi is called correct form is पेक्खण (Pk. ) < Sk. प्रेक्षण. Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
