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showing that the poet thought it necessary to explain
why Prakrit was introduced in the Prast膩van膩. The
absence of any such explanatory remarks in the C膩r
indicates its priority.'
啶椸ぎ啷�
啶む�佮さ啶�
啶曕��
[gam
tuvama
办峁�
] 3. Prakrit. It is shown that the Car in common
with other works of Bh膩sa retains old Prakrit forms
against the Mrcch which contains invariably the middle
Prakrit. (1) The Car uses the old Prakrit form
啶呧す啶曕��
[ahake
] of the pronoun of first person, and
for second person;
while the Mrcch invariably uses or g, for the first.
person, and 啶む�佮ぎ啶�啷� [tumam ] for the latter, which are later forms.
(2) The absolutive of verbs and is represented by
啶椸�氞�嵿�涏た啶ㄠ�嵿え [gacchinna ] and 啶曕ぐ啶苦�� ( 啶曕げ啶苦�� ) [karia ( kalia ) ] in the C膩r, which the Mrcch
gives as 啶椸う啷佮�� [gadua ] and 啶曕す啷佮��. ( [kahua. (] 3) Neuter Plural of nom.
and acc. of thematic stems ends in 'ani' in the Car
while in the Mrcch it ends in -'aim.' (4) The Car
retains assimilated conjuncts, e. g. ff while the
Mrcch has 啶︵た啶多え啷嵿い啶� [诲颈艣补苍迟颈 ] The form 啶︵た啶多�嵿ざ啷� [诲颈艣艣奴 ] is never met with in
Mrcch which uniformly uses f. (5) The old Prakrit
'ama' is found in the Car but never in the Mrcch. The
former uses 'geha', while the latter has "ghala." (6) The
Mrcch further contains a number of Desi words like chivia,
dhakkehi, uddhehi kara峁�峁璦, bappa, potta, etc., which
denote a later date, while the Car has no such words.
(7) The Car does not use Mah膩r膩峁ａ弓r墨 Prakrit, while the
Mrcch employs it. We have shown that Bh膩sa's Prakrit
which is also found in the Car) is at least as old as
the Turfan MSS and Pali: the absence of similar old
forms shows a later date for the Mrcch.
4. Versification. That in the Mrcch the verses
are largely free from the flaws of the corresponding
verses of the Car will be readily admitted on all hands;
but that this is not invariably the case is shown by
Dr. Belvalkar; and therefore as he has well remarked
"an argument based upon an 忙sthetic evaluation of
certain verses is certainly misleading and illusive in
character". He has simply noted the exception, and
this should not, however, make us lose sight of the fact
that regarding versification, "the text of the M峁沜ch makes an
2 1 Sakuntala Vyakhy膩 to which reference is made later on in this chapter,
also assigns the originality to the author of the Car by stating (p. 12):
啶氞ぞ啶班�佮う啶む�嵿い啷� 啶�啷佮え啶� 啶膏�傕い啷嵿ぐ啶оぞ啶班じ啷嵿く啶距お啶� 啶�啷嵿ぐ啶距�曕�冟い啶�啷� 啷� [c膩rudatte puna岣� s奴tradh膩rasy膩pi pr膩办峁泃am | ] 2 Devdhar, Plays etc., p. 25; Belvalkar, OC, I,
p. 198.