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the change of v\ to 9T, we have to suppose an intermediate step 

 viz., that of changing it into \$. Now amongst the cerebrals \$ has 

 the same value that ?f has amongst the gutturals and, as stated 

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

 since v£ == «r, and 9f being equal to \£, sf is also equal cf. In the 

 change of $f to \g" we have only to notice that the fortis is 

 changed into a lenis of the same class. Thus the Sanscrit TjtfrsiwT is 

 \F9firsf in Prakrit and Bengali. 



The following is a list of words similarly derived : — 



Sanscrit 



Prakrit 



Bengali 



^TI?J 



*5Itt\5Jl 



^T\5 



C*T^ 





C3»T? 



arr^ 



L ' 



CWfi$1 



sril 





Stffl 



cmsf 



C5?T3 



CSfvp 





^15 



OjT^I 



*rrto 



*fo* 



*ifi 





*f\§ 



*f\5 



TT*t 





<Ttf% 



**fl><5l 



sf*r?n 



*jfir 



?* 



srqfl 



^1 



5^1 



<Tv51 





<pn1 







tffwt 



f^Wt 



#it 



In deriving Tft^1 from the Sanscrit ff\^l, we observe that the 

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

 that both derivative languages have elided the anusvdra, the 

 liquid 7[ after I>, as well as ^, and have instead lengthened the 

 vowel into n5jT ; TfT\5l Bengali, *rt^1 Prakrit. 



From the word sj"5 is the Bengali infinitive *T$T1, and "ST^Sl 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. 



In the following, ^ and the liquid <jr are eliminated. 



