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11 : *f%, the feminine form of the past participle passive, 

 with t shortened to T for the sake of prosody. 



fftf%, a conjunctive participle, in which the weak termi- 

 nation ^ is still retained. Modern Dihgala has now WW . One 

 of the characteristics of Marwari, in comparison with Gujarat!, 

 is the preference for the weak form of the conjunctive parti- 



w 



X 



12 : ^mgqr^ is a poetical modification of ^rcrfwh evident- 

 ly introduced to create a contrast in meaning with the ^Jifw in 

 the preceding half-verse. 



13: ^fejris one of those words, whereof the etymological 

 meaning is no longer clear to the Caranas. I feel inclined to 

 take it as <*ft f«3im^T^"T. i.e., " pusher back of foes," an ety- 

 mology which is in perfect agreement with the sense in which 

 the word is employed. 



14: t^. Here the anunasika is inorganic, the word 

 being from Skt. m. but it is supported by the evidence of 

 the equivalent form %*c in which the w cannot be explained 

 unless by admitting an antecedent «f. It therefore appears 

 that the word <?w had come to be considered as a single 

 word, instead of a compound. Cf. the analogous case of 



15 : The form g;5i, which is found in the MSS. N D, 

 to an influence of the Thaji. Cf. *f **■ (S) in the next 

 and ^t*t (TG) in verse 18. 



m 16 : The reading ^ for f*» is an evident modernii 



§ 



Western Rajasthanf form. See Notes, 



graft 



^ ^STC ^inrTwt- 



17 : i^f%«f"f . The substitution of ^ for * in open syl- 

 lables is one of the characteristics of Marwari. Cf. fw < Skt. 

 w. Hit* < Skt. <*nrrs. Hr*}j < Skt. *^t, etc. It is reason- 

 able that in the old poetical language, where w in open syllables 

 is never quiescent as it is in the modern spoken vernacular, 

 the substitution of t for ^ must have a much larger application 

 than in the latter. The bards and pandits of Rajputana ignore 

 this fact and consider all forms, in which a quiescent W is 

 turned into f, as wrong and attribute them to an influence of 



**f ^ **ft 



(d) English Translation. 



9. Being half alive and half dead, Sah Jahan, the Sultan 

 lord of Dilll, remains night and day in his inner apartments, 



and never holds council 



