1870.] Contributions towards Vrvnacnlar Lexicography, 145 



^^T<* 3TT<J>^ITcJ 



j In the word nffmw , or «ftoT^SF 9 the law of transmutability of letters 

 is carried to the maximum : it is evidently a corruption of jft*f*ter, 

 where jf is changed to *f, and *f to c*, and lastly c^to^for®; some, 

 however, derive it from ^3^ *f?T. 



In some cases, v$ stands for 5, as *pj\ 7[^\ ^TS, and in others for 

 $T, as sTT^I from 9j"Wi" — i^t% 



The 3" is changed into $ or ^, as — 



^ In the following <r stands for ^— *>T31 — <rttf <r, ^T?1. In the word 

 fasrc the second 3", being 00, is changed into *n in Bengali, fa*T^ 



The following is a list of some words traceable to the Prakrit. 



'srpfi 



*re»p 



^T*ffa 



^ITcitF«i 



^^^3 



^T*T31 





3^51 eft 





f 3 



3>t 







-0 



<PTfc 



$«{ 





3>T«I 



3pSf 



<r*csn 



<pS[ (:«(«" 



f^ 





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