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^5T^f% for ?n*1?pq 

 Tfa^fo for T^ 

 ^rsfe for ^TT^rT. 

 ^T^ft or T*ft for ^JT^W 

 ^sf<ej for ^ffre 

 *T|nr*^ for Vg^fa 



T^k for ^^ 

 ^Tf% for ^¥ 



sr%fa for xnuiftr 



^i?t for *qwq 



vifsj for vrf^nf%-?-ii : fir w ^*f*a-ft *h*? 



xifT^r^ for trfT3T*re 



•jpft for fir^: 



Uf^TT for ^**T 



^T^f^^T for wnm 



^l<Tfa^ for ^TTSfTOT^ 



srf^^T for 1% *IT 



*rf%«* for ^TT 

 It may be remarked that the corruptions above quoted are, in 

 many instances, the precursors of forms adopted in other affiliated 

 dialects. In Sanskrita the third person singular of the verb to be 

 is Bhavati, which in the Gatha changes to Bhoti by the conver- 

 sion of the v into o and the elision of the a before and after it, (Bhonti 

 in the plural and Bhosi in the second person singular) and thence we 

 have hoti, hosi and honti in the Magadhi ; Hae and JELaen in the Kha- 

 riboli, and dke, ahet and ahes in the Marhatti. In the Hindi, not- 

 withstanding the reduplication of the root in hotdhae, the original 

 form is still distinctly indicated. S'unitvd for s'rutvd is the first step 

 to the formation of s'unia in Bengali, while s'unohi passes into s'uno 

 with nothing but the elision of an inflexion, which in the original 

 Sanskrita, is oftener omitted than retained. 



C. In the collocation of words and phrases the Gatha strictly 

 follows the rules of Sanskrita Syntax, but in the formation of com- 

 pound terms it admits of many licenses highly offensive to the 

 canons of Panini and Vopa deva. They seem, however, to be 

 the consequence of haste and inattention, and are not referible to 

 any dialectic peculiarity. The same may be said of the errors of 

 Prosody which, notwithstanding the anxiety of the Gatha versifier 



