Introduction to Ardhamagadhi

SR No.: 006965
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: A M Ghatage
Publisher: School & College Book Stall
Publication Year: 1941
Total Pages: 268
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 14 MB

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Other consonants become अनुस्वार by analogy : मनाक् = मणं slightly ; साक्षात् सक्खं actually; सकृत् = सङ्कं once ; सम्यक् = सम्मं properly ; प्रातस्पायं in the morning.
53 THEMATISATION OF NOUNS
FINAL CONSONANTS
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As consonantal themes are not allowed in the language all such themes are made vowel-ending by adding a vowel (a) in case of Masculine nouns: *=wrei autumn ; भिषक् = भिसओ physician ; प्रावृष् = पाउसो rainy season ; मरुत् = मरुओ wind; (b) आ or ई in case of Feminine nouns ; सरित् = सरिआ river ; संपद् = संपया wealth; दिकू = दिसा direction ; क्षुध् = छुहा hunger; वाक् = वाया words; धूर् = धुरा yoke ; ककुभू= कउहा quarter; आपद् = आवई difficulty.
This is in fact the result of a tendency, wide spread and operative even in Sanskrit in the whole field of grammar by which a thematic form is preferred as a base than an athematic one (pad, pāda; mās, māsa; harit, harita iḍ, iḍā; kṣap, kṣapā).
Ex. 1. (18-27) Give Ardha-Magadhi words for a hero, शरीर the body, याम a period of time, यामि I go, योगिन् an ascetic, भव to be, पनस bread fruit, यथाजात as born, शाम black, शुचि pure, शोक grief.
Ex. 2. Give AMg. words for
doubt, fore slab of stone, यथाच्छंद according to one's will, यथाख्यात as told, संयत self-controlled, यामिनी night, योगक्षेम welfare, युद्ध fight, चित्रफलक picture, सफल fruitful.
Ex. 3. (28-36) Give AMg. words for country, नगरी town, निरोध obstruction, सभा assembly, विकार change, नेमि rim, तटी bank, कठिन hard, मालती Jasmine flower, वायस crow.
Ex. 4. Give Sk. words for: intelligence, river, किवा compassion, बहुविह manifold, हरिय green, तव penance, महुयर bee, पायाल underground world, अणिल wind, अणल fire.
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