256 Journal of the Asiatic Soc. of Bengal. [N.S., XVIII, 1922.] 
arxa meaning ‘will kill’ or ‘ will hurt’ used as 
simple future by adding 44 
Ziga meaning ‘ Let it be —Potential mood, second 
person. 
azfsey meaning ‘I tell you —Present tense ; second 
person. This form is used when addressed 
to inferiors or persons near and dear. 
=ufyare —a colloquial term meaning ‘ to show one- 
self to be a great man.’ In this form it 
is addressed to inferiors. 
But tliere is such a close resemblance between Bengali and 
Maithili that one should not be surprised that the editor has 
fallen into such an “error as this. Not to speak of the old 
forms of these languages, even a piece in modern Bengali can 
pass as Maithili, if only some changes are introduced into it. 
Both these languages stand to each other as uterine sisters. 
But the points noted above, which are points of difference 
leave no doubt as to the language of three of these dramas 
being Maithili and not Bengali. 
INNIS A I NIE NSRP AOSD 
