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the change of cT to "Jf, we have to suppose an intermediate step 

 viz., that of changing it into 1*. Now amongst the cerebrals \S has 

 the same value that sf has amongst the gutturals and, as stated 

 before, lenes of one class are changed into lenes of another. Now 

 since \S> = wf, and "»f being equal to \S, sf is also equal sr. In the 

 change of Sf to \S we have only to notice that the fortis is 

 changed into a lenis of the same class. Thus the Sanscrit i? e^sr^ is 

 ^jspsrsf in Prakrit and Bengali. 



The following is a list of words similarly derived : — 



Sanscrit 



Prakrit 



Bengali 



^TFJ 



<5TTC\5T1 



ssiTvS 



C<FTfl 





c^»T?r 



«TTI?3> 



V. ' 



cartel 



^ 





5T31 



csrtsr 



C*Ft« 



c§iT$ 



*rrtw 







*i<z.m 



*fv£ 



vfvs 



*tfi 





<rTl% 



®fiNi 



st%31 



tfH! 



f* 



snsi 



SF51 









In deriving TrT\£1 from the Sanscrit W-JJjl, we observe that the 

 Sanscrit T? is changed into \5 in Bengali and 7 in Prakrit, and 

 that both derivative languages have elided the amisvdra, the 

 liquid 7[ after T>, as well as "3", and have instead lengthened the 

 vowel into n5jT ; Tf|\5l Bengali, ffT71 Prakrit. 



Prom the word 55 is the Bengali infinitive sr?"l, and TT51 is 

 exclusively used to indicate a dead body. 



In the following the aspirate $, a dental fortis, is changed in- 

 to the simple T>, a cerebral fortis. 



^rfa—tffo— sfrfc, ^1— fci— ^T?r, ^to— ^tt— fctt. 



In the following, ^ and the liquid 7[ are eliminated. 



