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have instead of the Prakrit yfd’SJ irffm, irri^i, qrfro, in Bangali Vrr^r, 
*T«=r^f . Tjrp*. Now in Hindi yrTT, farm, fsiTiT belong to the Prakritic 
element; hence naturally their corresponding forms in Bangali yci^r* 
iTfPW. will belong to the Prakrit io element of the Bangali. But 
the Prakritic element of Bangali is distinguished by compounding the 
gen. sign, vt; (*. c., ^ry) with the crude base (as explained above). Hence 
yrT^r, qrrT'ff being the crude base, their gen. is formed + yy> 
etc. = ) v.rT%T, Nrphy, didiy. Next the syllable Eff or is reduced to 
^ (or in other words the consonant dr of y<T^y, etc., is elided, thus mak- 
ing Tdty, yjrfyy, dTHTT) and now a final ^ and initial y meeting, the 
latter (being the initial of the enclitic yy) is elided ; thus we have y<ry, 
^?ry 'fi’rfy ; exactly as irpiy, wyy, etc. are formed. 
Lastly as regards the Sanslcritic and foreign elements in Bangali, 
they are treated on the same principle as in Marathi ; that is, according to 
their final letter, they are treated either by the laws of the Gaurion or by 
Prakrit fqrsjsfl, yyfWl, NHtWI ; "in reality they are ^pff ( - qf), yvi ( - 30 STtT 
( _e(r) . that is, the double consonant wi has changed to This is an extremely 
rare change in Prakrit ; but its probability, as shown hero, is beyond doubt. Lastly 
%rt3T, etc, changes in Bangali to ERa^t, etc. ; that is, the double is reduced to the 
simple iff. Now this explains the origin of the Hindi pres. part, j e. g., The 
corresponding part, in Sanskrit is this becomes in Prakrit this may 
change to and finally to N. B. the Hindi form ^fcTT, ollique form 
presupposes a particular Prakrit base next next ^rfr^i). 
Usually a compound consonant of which one of the constituents is a nasal, can snffer 
no phonetic modification j hence the combination sj) as a rule', remains unchanged. 
There are, however, a few very isolated cases of a change of wi to in the pres, 
part. ; e. g., 
HTWifRTf^rST pfwyfrsn 11 «■ 
Sanskrit yUJbTyy II 
Mrichchhakati, 1st act. 
The Prakrit commonly uses the Parasmaipada terminations for those of tho 
fenanepada ; hence represents a Sanskrit UTgwfj. Now as the termination 
through tho modified form Tj-fl is the original of the termination of the 
Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi pros, part., so through tho modified form it is the original 
of the termination of the Naipali, Panjabi and Sindhi pres. part. The Hindi forms 
TrTHT, fsTTTWT, farfpdT ; correspond to the Sindhi UTpy ^fjy, ^r|y. The affixes 
«f t ^ aro probably modem additions and correspond to the affix in the Gujarati 
forms ERZ%r how many, etc. 
* Compare with these their equivalents in Marathi fdddiT, fsiridiT, 
which exhibit a closer agreement even than the Hindi. 
