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(adhanyaiā) Avim. 68, abbahmanna (abrahmanya) Avim. 86, kanneura (kanyā-pura) Avim. 34.
Aspirates except ch, jh, th, dh, become mostly changed to h in the intervocalic position (Pischel, grammar $ 188): this feature is found more frequently also in Bhāsas Prākrit: but contrarily it is absolutely wanting in Aśvaghoșa. 12
The old Indian kh becomes changed to h: ahimuha (abhimukha) Pratij. 46, beside mukha Svapnav. 19, sahippanaa (sakhipranaya) Avim. 8r, leha (lekha) Pratij 4. The word suha (sukha) is evidenced in this form only : Svapnav. 27, Pratij. 6, Avim. 23, 24, 56, Abhis. 13, 22.
The old Indian gh becomes changed to h: meha (megha) Avim. 76. 86.
The old Indian th becomes changed to h: ahava (athavā) Avim. 28, kahassaṁ (kathyasyāmi) Svapnav. 53, taha (tathā) Abhis. 24, paha (patha) Pratij. 55, saņāha (sanātha) Avim. 101. Also in the ending of the 2 nd pars. plur. of the Indicative and Imperative: suņaha Pratij. 50.
The old Indian dh becomes h: Ahia (adhika) Svapnav, 59 beside adhia Svapnav. 19, 39, āuhāgāra (āyudhāgāra) Pratij. 67, osaa (ausadha) Svapnav. 27. beside osadha Avim. 8r, dahi (dadhi) Avim. 28, mahura (madhura) Svapnav. 44, sādhu (sādhu) Pratij. 40.
The old Indian ph becomes changed to h : sehālia (sephālikā) Svapnav. 3r. For this change compare Pischel 200.
The old Indian bh becomes changed to h: ahinava (abhinava) Avim. 79, ahimuha (abhimukha) Pratij. 46, ahiramadi (abhiramate) Avim. 14, padiņņāhāra (pratijñābhadra) Svapnav. 57, soha) Avim. 73.
Often the sound bh remains unchaged : abhijana (abhijana) Svapnav. 92, abhiņavd Avim. 37.
While in Aśvaghosas Prākrit peshapo there occurs only for twice the simplification 13 of the assimilated consonant-groups but not the compensatory lenthening the same (i.e. this feature) is noted quite frequently in Bhāsa, but not so frequently as in the later authors (e.g. in Kālidāsa (Kartavya) Svapnav. 23 besides Kattavva Svapnay, 25, Kāduṁ (Kartum) pratij 59 beside Kattuṁ Pratij. 14, 20, 51, Kisa Avim. 16, 7r, 73, disai(drsyate) pratij. 59, Avim. 28, 91 besides dissadi Avim. 55, 70, Svapnav. 63. (drsyate) - 58. Bāl, 50, Madhyam. 4, Urubh 101.
In the word sīsa (śīrsa) the sound-group is always simplified and the preceding vowel is lengthened : Svapnav. 48, 50, 51, 56, 76, Pratij. 40, Avim. 79. In Aśvaghoṣa one reads, for example, only the form dissadi(luders 118 C
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