Vajjalaggam

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

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INTRODUCTION
(iii) Use of Absolutive forms in the sense of Infinitive forms (see Jacobi, Bhavisattakaha, Introd. pp. 42*, 60* and 61*).
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पढिऊण ( = पढिडं ( 31 ), जंपिटण ( = पिउं) (272), मलिऊण ( = मलिडं) (508), दाऊण (= दाउं) (677), हरिऊण ( = हरिउं) (677).
The use of Infinitive forms in the serse of Absolutive forms. is met with with in Ardhamagadhi and has been recognised by Hemacandra (HS. VIll.2.146). See VL 225, 261, 415, 503 etc.. Hemacandra does not however anywhere er join the use of Absolutive forms in the sense of Infinitive forms in the case of be Mähäräsṭri Prakrit. The origin of this peculiar usage is to found in Apabhramsa in which, as Pischel says (FG § 588, p. 398), the Absolutive is used in the sense of the Infinitive. According to Hemacandra (HS. VIII.4.441), the Infinitive forms in Apabhramsa are made by adding the terminations ofiq, eftqy, efa, efay, एवं, अण, अह and अहिं. Now the first four of these are really Absolutive terminations (HS. VIII. 4.439,44C). From this it follows that in Apabhramsa Absolutive forms ending in fcq,. एपिणु, एवि, एविणु can be used in the sense of infinitive forms. The use of Absolutive forms in the sense of Infinitive forms met with in the VL is thus clearly due to the influence of Apabhramsa. Dr. A. M. Ghatage (Karaṇayatigam, Introd. p. 62) regards this usage as due to confusion between Infinitive and Gerundial forms and as a feature of the older stage of Jaira Mäkäräṣṭī
(iv) Use of Active voice forms of verbs in a Passive sense : जनकहिउँ न सहिउं न चेव पच्छाई तरइ ( = तीरह) (121): गयकुंभवियारियमत्तिएहि जं जंगलं किण्इ ( = किणि ज्जइ) (205); वल्लह विओयदुवखं मरणेण विणा व वीसरई (= वीस: रज्जइ) (241) ; अम्हारिसाण दिट्ठे पियग्मि अप्पा वि वीसरई (= वीसरिउजर) (406). अद्धरस य अद्धयरं हरइ ( = हरिज्जइ) जराबालभावेण (Laber's reading) (666).
In the case of the first, second and fourth passages Ratnadeva paraphrases the verbal forms तरह, किणइ and वीसरह by तीर्यते, क्रीयते and fa respectively. But in the case of the third passage he paraphrases न वीसरs by न विस्मरति ( को वि जणो to be understood as the subject ).