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various Middle Indian dialects indeed exhibit a fair number of continuants of<br />
Vedic forms. 271<br />
§9.1. "Ṛgvedic" ḷ-<br />
To begin with, the Vedic attestation of intervocalic ḷ- 272 can be compared to<br />
the early Middle Indian attestation of ḷ-: 273<br />
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W E S T CENTRE/SOUTH E A S T<br />
Kaṭha Paippalādin<br />
(Kapiṣṭhala) Aitareyin Kauṣītaki Kāṇva Eastern Ait.<br />
Śākala RV? Śākala RV<br />
Jaiminīya ĀŚS<br />
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Pāli: -ḍ- > ḷ- (MSS interchange with -l-)<br />
Inscr. W: Mathura, Sanci, S:Karle, Nasik E: Jaugada<br />
(SE: Amarāvatī,Bhattiprolu)<br />
Old Śaurasenī ḷ- Old AMg. -ḷ- 274<br />
Pkt.Gr. : ḍ > l [ḷ] (N.Ind.MSS have -l-)<br />
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Cf. the development in the Numerals 11-19:<br />
Aśoka: 275<br />
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W: dbādasa,treḍaśa,<br />
terasa ------- E: duvāḍasa , traidasa<br />
N: badaya codasa<br />
271 See, e.g., Emenau's article, The dialects of Old Indo-Aryan, see above §1.; the question is<br />
now summed up by O.v. Hinüber, Überblick, § 9.<br />
272 Cf. also Lüders, Phil.Ind., 546 sqq., Pischel, Pkt. Gramm. §226, 240; Wack., Ai. Gr.<br />
§222. The Northern MSS usually have -l- , as do the N. Kāṇva MSS; see Caland, ed. ŚBK,<br />
p. 12-23 passim. In the South, it is often inversely -ḷ- instead of -l-, thus the "Bhāsa" MSS;<br />
cf. W. Rau, MSS 42, p.187 sqq. In the Orissa PS, a clear distinction is made between ḷ < ḍ<br />
and old l; Pāli has -ḷ-, later, secondarily, -l- (O.v. Hinüber, Überblick: §198); Gāndh. -'ḍ- <<br />
@ -¬-. In Mārāṭhī, ḷ has been written since the 14th cent. (Master, Old Mar. §55); -l-<br />
modern pronunciation often is -ṛ(h); cf. Turner, Coll. papers, pp. 239-250.<br />
273 See O.v. Hinüber, Überblick, §198 sqq., and on numerals, §401-402.<br />
274 For the fragments of Buddhist dramas, see Lüders, Phil. Ind., p. 547.<br />
275 For the forms, see O.v. Hinüber, Überblick, §400-402.<br />
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