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A. F. Rudolf Hoernle —Note on the 'preceding Essrrg. [No. 2, 
may end in ai, or e, with or without a nasal; thus tjr!| or xtt#, qrw or 
The nasalised and unnasalised forms are equally common ; but the forms 
in ^ or xr are modern and in present use, while those in or xr are older. 
The latter are still met with in the Ramayan side by side with the more 
modern forms. Examples of both may be seen on pages 122, 123. In the 
much older Hindi of Chand’s Prithirdj Bdsau, only the forms in ^ or ^ 
occur ; both, with or without nasal, being used promiscuously. But by the 
side of them, a still older form in ^ or is occasionally met with. 
Thus ; ^ in 
I “ the men walked in pairs, one (pair) be¬ 
hind the other,” XXXY, 18, 
'YSl #rr Yq i “ Hahuli Hammir, hearing it, 
joined his hands before the king,” XXXV, 16. 
YT5J 5jtIt q | “ the king knows the whole condi¬ 
tion of the land in this part (of the country)” XXXV, 17. 
?TT qfw xfT^T«T ^r=l Y*T ^ I “ before that (i . e. sunrise) the 
warriors mounted and issued forth to the battle-field against the 
enemies,” XXXIV, 32. 
Again q in 
?TT^t f% YT^r | “ just like Gopal in the midst of his sport,” 
XXXV, 25. 
f%fq “he gave (.him) a letter, which he had written 
before,” XXXIV, 21. “ 
q^’ft I “ if ever you flee back, it will be the 
laughing-stock of the enemies,” XXXIII, 19. 
^TJT ^ JW SWR I “ on a Sunday, the seventh 
(of the month), by means of a mine, cleverly laid, the fort of 
Jambu was breached;” XXXV, 21. 
“ The Samantas in the service of their lord entered into the 
enemy’s country exactly in the same artful way as Hanuman did 
in the glorious service of Rama,” XXXV, 21. 
qq ^F«TT^<T mi I ffq l(T#t fqq «T?T mi ll “ The armoured 
horsemen were so cut to pieces, as a husband’s fortune is scattered 
by (his taking to himself) a second wife,” XXXII, 62 .* 
Again 
occurs in the last quoted instance, where one manuscript has preserved 
the old form 
There is good reason to believe that these older forms in ^y> for v, were 
much more frequent in the Epic as originally composed by Chand. For 
* The printed edition has which is a misprint. 
