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It is not surprising, therefore, that out of the variety of infinitives in Middle
Indian, the continuant of -tave, -tavai is found in A.Māg.-tae; note that the
other inf., that in -dum is rare in AMg! The occurrences of Pāli -tave (cf. also
and Aśokan inscr. -tave, not found in NW inscr.) may perhaps be due to the
preceding stages of Old Indian that are represented by Maitr./Jaim. schools.
§9.9 RV hi ṣma, Gāndh. hi ṣma, Pāli hi ssa
Another example, furnished recently by C. Caillat, J.Brough and K.R.
Norman 310 : Ṛgvedic hi ṣma survives in Gāndharī (Dharmapada) hi ṣma and
in Pāli (Theragāthās) hi ssa, while the Brāhmaṇas usually have ha vai.
§9.10 sa in initial position in late Br. texts
In sentence initial position, sa is frequently found in late Br. texts, for
example, at ŚB 1.2.5.24 (where the parallel Kāṇva version, 2.2.3.21, has
atha!). 311 - In JB, the collocation occurs in the earlier books (i.e excluding the
late Agnihotra book JB 1.1-65). 312 - AB, however, has only two isolated cases,
notably in the later books: 7.5.1; 7.29.2 . This fits well with the attestation in
other late Br. texts like BŚS, VādhB. 313
The phrase can also function as an important indicator for the relative date of
Pāli, JB, and BŚS as its continuant is found in Pāli: seyyathā, cf. taṃyathā
(O.v.Hinüber, Überblick, § 375, Minard, Enigmes I §119a.) -- In addition, it
may be mentioned that the tmesis which is prominent in late Vedic texts like
Baudh.,VādhB, is already rarely found in Pāli, see O.v.Hinüber, Überblick §
310
See C. Caillat, in: Die Sprache der ältesten buddh. Überlieferung (see ann. 270).
311
See Minard, Enigmes I, §119a,cf. Caland, ŚBK p.95.
312
See Bodewitz, transl. JB, p.120.
313
For BŚS, see Caland, Über BŚS, § 54 ; VādhB, Caland AO 1, p.9, etc.; this is close to
ŚBK, see Caland, ed. ŚBK p.98; further: Keith, ad AB 7.5, see tr.p.291, n.2 "a sign of
lateness". The collocation is important for a study of the relationships of late Br. texts: sa
ya, sa yathā/yatra etc. should be taken up in detail; -- cf. also the continuant of sentence
initial pronoun, tad in casu, in the Epic, meaning "then, now", cf. Kāṇva atha for Mādhy.
sa! -- For other similarities between Pāli and late Vedic, see author in Fs. U.Schneider (the
splitting of the head, the Gandharva/Yakṣa with an iron hammer in his hand etc.;
cf.foll.ann. on mahāśāla).
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