Indo-Aryan from the Vedas to Modern Times |
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