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... feminine : Saur . mālādo , vahūdo , Mah . mālão , vahūo ; and in the plural : mālā- himto , etc. In the other oblique cases of the feminine , the ending -ãa persists . It is rare in texts and is forbidden by Vararuci . The regular form ...
... feminine : Saur . mālādo , vahūdo , Mah . mālão , vahūo ; and in the plural : mālā- himto , etc. In the other oblique cases of the feminine , the ending -ãa persists . It is rare in texts and is forbidden by Vararuci . The regular form ...
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... feminine forms denoting females , as nāri ; a development which , in the main , belongs to etymology and vocabulary , not to grammar . We see here too traces of an indigenous language , which has been unlearnt quite recently . No doubt ...
... feminine forms denoting females , as nāri ; a development which , in the main , belongs to etymology and vocabulary , not to grammar . We see here too traces of an indigenous language , which has been unlearnt quite recently . No doubt ...
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... feminine ; Mar. vāv , Guj . vā masc . may come from vāta- . ikṣuḥ masc . Hin . ūkh , ikh feminine ; but Mar. ūs , Panj . ikkh masc . bāhuḥ masc . ( but Pa . bāhā f . ) ; Hin . Panj . Lahn . bãh , Sind . baha feminine ; derivatives Mar ...
... feminine ; Mar. vāv , Guj . vā masc . may come from vāta- . ikṣuḥ masc . Hin . ūkh , ikh feminine ; but Mar. ūs , Panj . ikkh masc . bāhuḥ masc . ( but Pa . bāhā f . ) ; Hin . Panj . Lahn . bãh , Sind . baha feminine ; derivatives Mar ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
and character of Sanskrit 3 Middle Indian 5 Asokan | 19 |
Sanskrit vowels 29 diphthongs 31 orthographical values | 33 |
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Common terms and phrases
ablative according adjective already alternation aorist appears Asokan aspirated become Beng Bengali beside causative cerebral characteristic classical compounds consonant construction corresponding derived dialects direct doubt early elements ending enlarged equivalent example exists explained expressed fact feminine final formation forms further future genitive give Gujarati hand Hindi important Indo-european Indo-iranian influence inscriptions Iranian Kash languages later less locative Marathi masc meaning Middle Indian moreover nasal neuter nominative normal nouns oblique occlusives opposed origin Pali Panj participle particularly passive past perhaps period Pers Persian person phonetic plural Prakrit present preserved pronouns rare relative remains represented result Romany root Sanskrit seems seen sentence short sibilant similarly Sindhi singular stems suffix thematic thou traces Vedic verb voiced vowel