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Post-Saṃhitā developments:<br />

loss of per. aor.<br />

athātaḥ (ŚB,BŚS,KB)<br />

sāyam > sāye etc.<br />

Eastern innovations:<br />

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spread of narr. perfect<br />

renewed use of subj.<br />

spread of hyperchar.<br />

subjunctive<br />

renewed use of inf.-tavai<br />

tanacmi >tanakmi<br />

old accent (with three tones) Vājasan. bhāṣika acc.<br />

Mahāvṛṣa & Kuru acc.: "uttarāh(a)i" with two tones only;<br />

also in PB;<br />

Chandas accent not<br />

allowed in Buddh. texts<br />

-500<br />

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500 PGW<br />

Aitareyins (Aśvala=<br />

hotṛ of Janaka; Śākala,<br />

Uddālaka in Videha<br />

Paṇini:<br />

archaic precative<br />

knows of Eastern grammarians<br />

and E. forms but excludes Central<br />

and E. Veda texts<br />

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -<br />

Yugandhara,<br />

Salvi tribe immigration<br />

in the Kuru/ into the East:<br />

Matsya terr. Śākya, Licchavi,<br />

Malla, etc.<br />

Late intrusions: duhe > dugdhe,<br />

nom. yuvām, avām in ŚBK, VSK, PB<br />

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