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^^>— ^— -3itT>, 3§— ^— ^,^^1%— ^1 ^1— ^IT^ ^^ft, 

 ^^^ — ^T^fl'—'^'tTj. Here the sloha for which the poet Kalidasa was 

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

 tion " %V§ cj**ft% s%\ •%*%} v&n PToST fr*t*r f^WU" 



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



The aspirate ^ is sometimes found to stand for the aspirate <3- 

 $T#t?"sr— sffe?^ — 9fc^?"1 ; and in some instances for of, ^Wlf^f— 

 ^^ejr — <«^ or 3^ 



Sanscrit Prakrit Bengali 



5$«f1 <»?! 3>sl 



fsrtf*f 3>f§ *Jf§ (Hindi) 



W1 *51 ^T51 (Hindi) 



In Sandhi, ^ 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 



Bengali 



<si*t*T?n 



««3n 



^I*t^ 



fan* 



^§C*1 



"^3" 





"ITW 



WT<3 



flOsrli 



C¥t*T 



The compound W 



is pronounced in 



three 



ways, as ksh, kkh, and 



chchh, i. e., <$^, ^<T V 



and as v%. 







Thus we have : — 









Sanscrit 



Prakrit 





B engali 



^J^pvS^ 



^^9[^\ 







^*F1 



^m 





%ffsg 



^5 



cwrt 





CWTTl 



*T?r^ 



$T3\ 





5T?r, ^Ts 



^^t 



^sft 





m^4\ 



W! 



stub 





nim 



WIS 







^^^ 



In i^Tf , the w is changed according to the rule above mentioned 

 into 15 and the liquid ^r is dropped. 



As stated before, such harsh compounds are softened in the 

 derivative languages, as — 



