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Studies in Jainology, Prakrit
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INFLUENCE OF PRAKRIT ON THE LANGUAGE OF THE
VADDĀRĀDHANE
. It can be clearly seen that the text of the Vaddaradhane abounds in native (desi) elements. Yet it is not free from the influence of Sanskrit. But such influence is far less than that on the Cāvumdarāyā Purāna, the other old Kannada prose work. Besides several quotations of Sanskrit verses in the Vaddarādhane, some passages with luxuriant descriptions (pp. 54.19 to 55.8, p. 129.1-5, pp. 136.21 to 137.17 etc.). and dogmatical discussions (p. 133.14-29, pp. 154.8 to 155.12 etc.), contain a considerable number of Sanskrit words. Occasionally, the author uses Sanskrit expressions like : Kaśiciddēvaddatta (p. 33.9), kimkurvānam (p. 79.22), katipaya (p. 91.25), Yatrāstamitavāsi (p. 152.11), namostu (p. 177.22) etc. But, unlike any other old Kannada author, besides profusely quoting Prakrit verses, he shows a greater liking for Prakrit words, expressions and their forms under Prakritic influence, apart from the common Tadbhavas. Scholrs like Jacobi, Tawney, Weber and Bloomfield have observed: Jaina Sanskrit texts, presumably; never quite escape Prakrit influence. This obscrvation also applies to Jaina old Kannada texts and all the more to the Vaddaradhane than to any other work in old Kannada.
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