Studies in Desya Prakrit

Author(s): H C Bhayani
Publisher: Kalikal Sarvagya Shri Hemchandracharya Navam Janmashatabdi Smruti Sanskar Shikshannidhi Ahmedabad

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ovatļi. PL. has uațți. The case is decided in favour of ovatti by Gujarati, Marathi oți 'part of the lower garment, crossed to form a knot on the waist'. From the mode of forming this knot (viz., by first crossing the cords formed by the twisted border-parts, and then tucking them up on the sides), we can suggest derivation of ovațţi, uațți from Sk. ud-vart- or apa-vart-, Pk. oatt-, ovatt-.
5-6 cirva- and civvara- versus cicca: and ciccara- (3, 9) 'flat-nosed'.
In the light of G. cibum 'flat-nosed', M. cibā 'flattened'. etc., 10 the real form was in all probability civva- and not cicca-. civvara is an extension of civva-. cf. G. cavad, cavvad, civvud 'tough'; Sk. cipița- 'flattened', etc.,11 G. coppat, capļu 'flat'. Moreover an allied form chivvara- (v. I. chivvira-) 'flat' (quali. ņāsa- ‘nose') is attested in the following Apabhramśa passage from the Paumacariu of Svayambhū (9th cent. A.D.): chivvura-ņāsem paviraladamtem (1, 2, 11 b) 'by him who is flat-nosed and has sparse teeth.' These facts decide in favour of civva- and civvara-.
Next we shall examine a few pairs which can be shown to be doublets. These are : oddampia- (1, 171) and orampia- (1, 171); osaria- (1, 171) and osia- (1, 158); oggāla- (1, 151) and oala(1, 151); ohařsa- (1, 168) and charisa- (1, 169); kummaņa- (2, 40) and kurumāņa- (2, 40).
7-8. oddampia- (1, 171) and orampia- (1, 171) 'destroyed (naşta-),
"attacked (akrāntā-).
Both the words derive from Sk. ud-+ *ramp-. Treated as unitary, it became * uddainp- or oddamp-. With ud- treated as a constituent, it became *uramp- or oramp-. For the near-free variation between MIA. u. (Sk. ud-) and o- (Sk. apa-, ava-) of prepositional origin see Schwarzschild's Gleanings from the Vasudevahindi (Bharatiya Vidya, 1958, 22-26). Uncompounded ramp- (variant forms : rampha-, ramh-) means 'to scrape, 'to chisel. Its derivatives
10. Vide N. D. s. v. cibirce. 11. Vide N. D. s. v. ciură.