Apabhraṁśa Forms in the Vasudevahiṇḍī

Dr. L. Alsdorf 2, in his study of the language of Vasudevahindi, has come to the conclusion that the language of VH, is archaic Jain Maha- rastri (having many archaic Ardhamagadh and Pali forms). Dr. B. J. Sandesara while reproducing the same in Introduction to the Gujarati translation of VH. has noted an Apabhramsa stanza

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के. आर. चन्द्र वसुदेवहिण्डी में मिलनेवाले अपभ्रंश तथा अपभ्रंशसदृश रूपों की सूची देते हैं। आल्सडोर्फ़ और सांडेसरा ने इस कृति की भाषा को केवल प्राचीन जैन महाराष्ट्री कहा था। य-श्रुति वाले शब्द, पिशेल द्वारा अनुल्लिखित रूप तथा विभक्ति एवं क्रिया-प्रत्यय सन्दर्भ सहित दिए गए हैं। Chandra lists Apabhramsa and Apabhramsa-like forms in the Vasudevahindi, which Alsdorf and Sandesara had described simply as archaic Jaina Maharastri. Words with ya-sruti, forms unrecorded by Pischel, and case and verbal endings are set out with references, bearing on the date and dialect of the work.

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