Studies in Desya Prakrit

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

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aiti ( 5, 38) · a girdle' (fan). cf. Guj. ait in Old Guj. maigi, Mod. Guj. and in the same sense.
(vi) 337 > 3 110. gaz (SH. 8, 1, 119 ) • fine cloth' ( cf. Pk. guz"
Sk. 0554 ). ge' ( 5, 41 ) . cloth' (227).
(vii) 937 > 111. (afez (7, 77; SH. 8, 4, 89 ) · inlaid (97994). afdant ( 7, 77 ) jeweller' (#01#12: ).
(viii) STIST > 311 112. 0131591, 9151 (6, 63 ) sort of creeper' ( faciat
07771) (cf Sk. arazit).
(4) Loss of the initial stop.
In a number of cases we have alternate forms with the difference of the initial stop. The general trend in Prakrit was to preserve the initial stop, but at the beginning of the second number of a compound, the stop was liable to be treated as in the word-interior and elided, depending upon the cohesiveness within the compound (Pischel. § 184). The words collected below present a mechanical list. No attempt is made to discuss their derivation. Only some of them may have a phonological origin, the others deriving from divergent sources. It will be noted that in the list, words beginning with 4 predominate. In the case of initial aspirated stop, only the aspiration() is preserved.