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Phonology of the Sinhalese Inscriptions up to the End of the Tenth Century

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2009

P. B. F. Wijeratne
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In the Mid. Ind. stage, represented by the Prakrits, though not in the North–west, Sk. ā, ī ū before two consonants (homorganic or heterorganic) coincided with Sk. a, i, u before two consonants, for in both cases Mid. Ind. showed ā ī ū before double consonants, e.g. Sk. kāstha– > Pa. Pk. hattha–; Sk. tīrtha– > Pa. Pk. tittha–; Sk. pūrna– > Pa. Pk. punna–; just as Sk. lajjā– > Pa – Pk. lajjā–; Sk. mitra– > Pa. Pk. mitta–; Sk. śuddha– > Pa. Pk. suddha–.

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Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , February 1947 , pp. 163 - 183
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Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies 1947

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page 170 note 1 In the case of Sk. ā, a + two conss. the development was as follows: It became a + double cons, in the pre–second century A.D. period; then, when the double conss. became single, i.e. second century A.D., this preceding a was compensatorily lengthened [cf. § 50, 3]. This a when followed by i became ā, just as original Sk. ā – i > d: cf. Sk. vāpi– > vav– likewise, Sk. hastin. > pre–second century A.D. hatti– (cf. Mid. Ind. hatthi–) > second century A.D. to fourth century A.D. hāti– (āti–) > fourth century A.D. onwards āt–.

page 172 note 1 The distribution of use between the two gerundial suffixes, –tvā (with uncmpd. roots) and –ya was entirely ignored in Mid. Ind. [cf. Chatterji, ODBLang. § 738].

page 175 note 1 In the case of Sk. u + two conss. the development was as follows: it survived as u –fdouble cons, in the pre–second century A.D. period'; then, when the double cons, became single, ie. second century A.D., this preceding u was compensatorily lengthened [cf. § 50, 3]. This i > i –i, just as original Sk.

page 181 note 1 In the case of short vowels (or short followed by long), contraction has taken place in loanwords which entered the language after the time of assimilation of the vowels concerned, but before the loss of the consonants [cf. Introduction].