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^#— ^i^— ^it? } ^j?— %^— ^,^^1%— w§] *q?1— ^iTt> .^t, 

 ■^^tfl^ — ^sr^ft— ~ky$. Here the sloka for which the poet Kalidasa was 

 abused by his spouse may be cited as au example of bad pronuncia- 

 tion " ^qsf »p*r1% j^ ^1 i$t*n vt^rr ft 5 ^ f^s^ 1 ." 



The following is an instance of a lenis standing for a fortis, <HC5- 



The aspirate "^ is sometimes found to stand for the aspirate : »- 



sf^t^— sf fkjt\ — tfZ&J] ; and in some instances for «T, ^Wtf*f — 



^«»" — 3-^f or 3*^ 

 *. *- 



Sanscrit Prakrit Bengali 



^«fl 3>^1 3*^1 



f3tf*i <sft ^tt (Hindi) 



*r«n sr^l mW (Hindi) 



In Sandhi, l[ takes the place of the palatal '"t. But as in Pra- 

 krit a great confusion exists between the three ses, we have the 

 following — 



Sanscrit 



Prakrit 



Beng 



ali 



^sf^Jtt 



^^?1 



<5J«^^- 



■^*R 



^5gC^1 



TS^gg" 





*rR3s 



wt?-« 



WT^b 



c¥c*t 



The compound W 



is pronounced in 



three ways, as ksh, kkh, and 



chchh, i. e., ^~%, ^4T V 



and as e$. 







Thus we have : — 









Sanscrit 



Prakrit 





Bengali 



^^5^ 



^^•*fff^ 







\SiFl 



§m 





■^C.5g 



^3 



c^ii? 





£WT$ 



'^T?^ 



bt?\ 





5t?r, mt 



^.^©u" 



c^Sft 





c^-sft 



^«,5f 



3l*§1 





?t^1 



**»!£ 







^S5 



In "sgTf , the *? is changed according to the rule above mentioned 

 into 5 and the liquid ^ is dropped. 



As stated before, such harsh compounds are .softened in the 

 derivative languages, as — 



