Vowel gradation, or ablaut, is important to the distinctions of nominal and verbal morphology, as well as the process of nominal derivation. Sanskrit grammar thus includes several processes …

The vast majority of Prakrit words are what Prakrit grammarians call tadbhavaḥ, “derived from Sanskrit,” which means that we can specify a number of transformations which, when applied …

Hence, based on Prakrit tappaï "is heated", we find both Hindustani tapnā "is heated" and tāpnā "heats (sthg.) up", where the long-vowel form has been analogically created. Other verbs with …

this Introduction to Prakrit is to provide students with a guide for the more attentive and more scholarly study of the Saura- senl and Måhåråstri passages in their Sanskrit Plays.

Prakrit (/ ˈ p r ɑː k r ɪ t / [a]) is a group of vernacular classical Middle Indo-Aryan languages that were used in the Indian subcontinent from around the 5th century BCE to the 12th century CE. …

Sanskrit words generally have one syllable of accentual prominence, which is linked in the Indian grammatical tradition to a vowel. The accented vowel, which has a high pitch in the R̥gvēdic …

2024年2月17日 · Another distinctive feature of Prakrit lies in the nasalisation of vowels. A short vowel followed by an anusvāra ṁ can be considered a long syllable, akin to Sanskrit. Yet, this …

The quantity of the vowels e and o in Prakrit presents difficulties. They are short before double consonants, and generally long elsewhere, but they can often be short in certain …

1. Only the vowel forms that appear at the beginning of a syllable are listed; the forms used for vowels following a consonant can be found in grammars; no distinction between the two is …

Part I consists of I-XI Chapters which deal with the three periods of Indo-Aryan speech, the three stages of the Middle Period, the literary and spoken Prakrits, their classification and...