TRACING VEDIC DIALECTS - People.fas.harvard.edu
TRACING VEDIC DIALECTS - People.fas.harvard.edu
TRACING VEDIC DIALECTS - People.fas.harvard.edu
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* Sandhi -e/o a- > -a a Prācya (Śākalya)<br />
* Sandhi -e/o a- > -e/o ' North? (Pāṇini) and general Koine?<br />
* Sandhi -o/au V- various innovations in Pañcāla/Prācya dial.<br />
(2) In declination:<br />
Innovations viz. elimination of older RV forms:<br />
* elimination of n.pl.m. -āsaḥ; introduction of -āḥ (Kuru)<br />
* nom. dual -au (Kuru)<br />
* n.pl.ntr. -āni (Kuru)<br />
* istr.pl. -aiḥ (Kuru)<br />
* -yuvam > -vyam (part of Kuru area)<br />
* gen. fem. - ai (Pañcāla)<br />
* case forms of sāyam (Pañcāla)<br />
* late forms of pronouns:<br />
nom. vayām, āvām (part of Kuru?, Prācya area)<br />
* late forms of śīrṣan-<br />
made from śiras- (part of Kuru?, Prācya area)<br />
(3) In conjugation<br />
* spread of inf. -toḥ (Kuru area and beyond)<br />
* decline of subjunctive (Kuru area and beyond)<br />
* injunctive disappears (Kuru area and beyond)<br />
* decline of inf. -tavai (Kuru area and beyond)<br />
* further diffusion of RV precative in -eṣ(ma) (Kuru area and beyond)<br />
* retention of RV precative in -āyās(ma) (Northern bhāṣā:Pāṇini)<br />
Innovations:<br />
* periphrastic aorist (-ām akar, etc.) (Kuru area, only Saṃh. prose)<br />
* spread of narrative perfect (Prācya)<br />
* renewed use of subjunctive,<br />
hypercharacterised subj. (Prācya)<br />
* renewed use of inf.-tavai (Prācya)<br />
* late forms of duh : dugdhe (part of Kuru?, Prācya)<br />
(4) Particles<br />
* spread of khalu (Kuru area and beyond)<br />
* spread of svid (Kuru area and beyond)<br />
* spread of vāva (Kuru area and beyond)<br />
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