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I will now proceed to illustrate this theory by the examination of 
a few other neuter forms in Gaunan which will lead us to the same result. 
In Marathi there are three irregular past participles of an identical 
formation, quite peculiar to these three only. They are 5fyT (of root ITU to go), 
(of root or to do), and ^yT (of root ^ or ny to die). I have 
given them in the form of the Nom. Sing. Neuter. Their corresponding 
masculine would be or JiyrT, WT or <ryfT, or WT. # These three 
past participles are also irregular in Magadhi Prakrit ; and their irregula¬ 
rity is also quite peculiar to themselves. The corresponding (Magadhi) 
Prakrit forms are, namely, ?re, ire, (see Pr. Prak. XI, 15). These 
forms are in the nominative singular masculine ; the final y being the 
Magadhi substitute for- the common Prakrit termination % (Pr. Prak. 
XI, 10.). Their corresponding neuter would be ire, yre, ire. These 
represent the Sanskrit forms Tlrf, ynf. Here the Sanskrit dental <T of 
the past participle affix rf has become in (Magadhi) Prakrit lingual and 
this in Marathi-Gaurian has changed to y?. This change of Skr. rf and 
Prakrit re to yr, however, is in Marathi not confined to the three past 
participles Jiyf, but has become universal, as got loose is * 
etc. ; and therefore it is not the irregularity peculiar to these three 
participles. The peculiar irregularity of those three participles is in Prakrit, 
indeed, their change of the Skr. <T to re ; but in Marathi the peculiar 
irregularity is not the change of re to yr, but of the first ^ to y; compare 
Magadhi Prakrit lire, yrre, ire, with Marathi-Gaurian JiyT, ifyG But 
this peculiar Marathi change of to y is also explained by the Prakrit; for, 
fortunately, in regard to one of the three (viz., %% y ) the change shows itself 
already in Prakrit. Here, namely, we meet with the past participle form 
cff%eff or for Sanskrit For #%eff we find also #fyyf or 
They are derived from the original past participial form e?re or yryj or yry. 
To this the peculiar Prakrit affix yr is added (hence yryyr or ^ryiyi); then 
the first ^ is changed to y by the rule of Pr. Prak. I, 5. (hence 'yyyr or 
%yryr) ; then the termination is weakened to (hence and 
We have now traced the origin of the Marathi form ^%°inits 
various steps. They are ; 1., Skr. 2., Mag. Prak. yreor ytyj, 3., Prak. 
yiyr^ ; 4., Pr. yty^; 5., Pr. or y-fyr% 6., Mar. Gaur. (old) %pyre, 7.,. 
Mar. #yp That is, the terminal y of the Marathi form t^yf is not derived 
from the terminal yj of the Prakrit form yre, but from the terminal dissyllable 
or yy of the Prakrit form yifyjN or ytfyrd. In other words, we have 
arrived at exactly the same result as that of the previous examination of the 
infinitives. But to this another result must now be added ; viz., that the 
* The mase. forms in yfj here and wherever else mentioned in these essays, are 
old Marathi. 
