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is preferred<br />

viśva- > sarva-<br />

progressive disappearance<br />

of injunctive<br />

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WEST: CENTRE: EAST:<br />

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ca. 900-<br />

PGW Kurukṣetra, U.P.<br />

MS,KS TS<br />

only -aiḥ, devāu, Pkt.)<br />

te devāḥ, ntr.pl.-āni ><br />

remain ><br />

loss of injunctive,<br />

introd. of periphr. aor.<br />

khyā> kśā<br />

Cuv > Cv; Ciy > CyV<br />

khalu<br />

-yuvam > vyam<br />

-jm- > -ym<br />

diffusion of RV inf. -toḥ<br />

decline of inf.-tavai<br />

sam.yat<br />

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NEW IMMIGRATION:<br />

into Kurukṣetra:<br />

Salvas<br />

Madhyadeśa (Pañcāla) innov.:<br />

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gen. fem. -ai<br />

ch/śch > cch<br />

Sandhi innov. of -o/au + V<br />

súvar, uv (eva) Kāṇva, Śāṇḍilya,<br />

further diffusion of Aitareyin,<br />

Kuru peculiarities move to the East<br />

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