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Study of Cirakacintamani
'ai in the initial syllable sometimes also changes into 'e'. For example: Tam. Vēmānikar (one who moves about in a heavenly car)
Skt. vaimanika
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The change of ai' into 'e' ore is also found in other dravidian languages and in Pkt. For example:
Skt. saindhava
vaisakha
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This change is also common in Pkt. (Pischel. Rule No. 60)
Skt. aiśvarya
airavana
Skt.
1. yojana
2. dosa
Pkt. dosa
The vowel 'o', whether it is initial or medial often remains unchanged.
For example:
Kan. sendava
bisage
3. rohini
Skt. loka
(horse)
(name of the second lunar month)
(Pkt.) Amg. esajja (Sauraseni) eravaņa
Tamil
ōcanai
tocam
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In one case, the 'o' in the first syllable, which is preceded by 'I', has changed
into a.
(distance)
(fault)
Tam. ulakam (world)
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The consonants
Tamil does not have counterparts for most of the Skt. consonants and in most cases these letters are altered according to the Tamil phonetic system. The four kinds of consonants in Skt., the hard, the hard aspirate, the soft, and the soft aspirate are represented only by the hard consonant in Tamil and sometimes even in this consonant changes take place in order to adjust itself according to the Tamil grammatical system. The following are the consonantal changes occuring in the Cc.
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The gutturals, k, kh, g, ard gh:
The Skt. letters kh, g, and gh, whether initial or medial are replaced by 'k' in Tamil and 'k' remains unchanged.
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