Vajjalaggam

Author(s): Jayvallabh
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad

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INTRODUCTION
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(b) Instrumental singular forms of masculine and neuter ** stems, ending in (instead of 80) (HS. VIII.4.333 : fè and HŚ. VIII.4.342: Tat uitga ): SRE (=gcha) 999TU
(= ) (699); Faggota ( = FAU) (729);
atsagdarafos (651), ahaas (765) and EU JAIFSHATSU (768) must also be regarded as Instrumental singular forms with the nasal element dropped, though even the Locative case would yield the same sense (cause or reason) (afhfahHHT).
(c) The instrumental plural form of an 27 stem once ends in afe (instead of efč) (HS. VIII.4.335: AFREI): alfaficafe ( = aittenge) (764).
(d) The Ablative singular form of an 8 stem once ends in & (instsad of 1 or 29121);
Fiat Sfia #8 (= #let) SOTIECH (210). HS. VIII.4.336 (het) enjoins and gas Ablative singular terminations. We get the form #ta (instead of gorgby changing the final 8 or 3 into 3, according to HS. VIII. 4.329 (977oni tati: qasquiat).
(e) The Genitive singular form of an 3 stem occurs twice ending in (instead of 5):
309373 RTE (= ETIA) PR (131):90 Gauge (= TG) fyri) (756). According to HS.VIII.4.338, , at and are the Genitive singular terminations for a stems in Apabhramśa. We get the form TB (instead of KTET), by changing the final into , according to HŚ. VIII.4.329 (see above). In the Sanatkumārcarita also we get Genitive singular forms ending in.& (Jacobi, Sanatkumāracarita, Introduction, p. 12, Grammatik, $16).
(f) The Nominative singular form of the pronoun gər (= gaa), feminine gender, twice occurs as 8 (instead of BFT) (HS. VIII.4.362: gaa: sitjala ere et 5):
FATEH ST ( = CAI) 99€... GIVEA OF (= RAI) 978 (39).
(g) The Instrumental singular form of the second person pronoun you once occurs as 93 (instead of an) (H$. VIII.4.370 ; Zjf& SAT TÉ AP):
3. Pa qui ANIB agnfga 98 ( = 15) fondo (190).