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the history of case-endings and various nominal declensions and pronominal declensions, the numerals, personal endings. It also deals with history of the present, past and future formations of the verbs, participles, gerunds and infinitives. Pub. Ashutosh Prakasan Sansthana, Varanasi 1982, p. 8,132. 6. Prācina Ardhamāgadhi ki Khoja Men (Hindi) K R Candra, attempts to show that the original language of the Svetambar Āgama has suffered numerous alterations under impact of later influential Saurasenī and Māhārāștrī. A glimpse of original features of Ardhamāgadhi is evident from a few earlier canonical texts and from some preserved archaic variant readings. Dr. Candra's present study supplements and corroborates what other scholars have found from linguistic, formal, stylistic and content based features that are shared by the Asokan and Pali on the other. The work invites fresh efforts to determine the real linguistic character. Prakrit Jaina Vidya Vikasa Fund, Ahmedabad, 1991, p.18,112 7. Restoration of Original Lanuage of Ardhamāgadhi (English) by K R Candra is the English version of above-mentioned work. Pub. Prakrit Jaina Vidya Vikasa Fund, Ahmedabad, 1994, p.103 8. Pramparāgata Prakrit Vyākaraḥa Ki Samikṣā Aura Ardhamāgadhi (Hindi) by KR Candra, in 15 sections, attempts to discuss the viability of certain rules, in the context of Old Prakrit, particularly Ardhamāgadhi and their usages in ancient manuscripts of the texts. It has picked up T> D, P>V, eliding of non-initial alpaprāņa consonants, portion of Śruti, N>Ņ, Non-initial N, two form of Ardhamāgadhi Old and New. Pub. Prakrit Jaina Vidya Vikasa Fund, 375, Sarasvati Nagar, Ahmedabad-15, 1995, p.152. 9. A Manual of Ardhamāgadhi Grammar (English) by PL Vaidya, 10. A Grammar of Ardhamāgadhi Prakrit, compiled by Sri Satāvadhānī Ratnacandra Muni. Meharcanda Lachman Das, Lahore, 1938.
