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THE DESI ELEMENT IN MIDDLE INDO-ARYAN AND
KANNADA
The Desi Element in Middle Indo-Aryan may broadly be said to have comprised: (i) The stock of genuine desi words collected in the
Paiyalacchi Namamala of Dhanapala - a lexicon, the Desinamamala of Hemacandra - also a lexicon, and the long list of dest words given by Trivikrama in his grammer, thc Prākrta-Sabdānušāsanam.' The genuine dhātvadesas, verbal substitutes, taught by Hemacandra and other Prakrit grammarians in
their respective grammatical works. (iii) The desi vocables, found in Prakrit works like the
Kuvalayamala and the Mahapurana of Puspadanta", but not included in the desi lexicons or Trivikrama's
list. (iv) The desi vocables that are stored away in unexplored
or lost works, like the Tarangavai Kaha of
Pādaliptasuri and the Vilasavai Kahā of Halika. (v) The desi vocables which may have come down in
New Indo-Aryan without being collected in the
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