ON MIA. LAGG - USED AS A 'VECTOR' VERB

2 ON MIA. LAGG USED AS A 'VECTOR' VERB - H.C. Bhayani As compared to the description and discussion of lag - and other verbs used as the second verb (variously called 'operator', 'explicator', 'vector"¹) in NIA compound verbs, we have meagre information about their early history². I have noted below some occurrences of Pk.

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भयाणी मध्यकालीन भारतीय-आर्य में सहायक अर्थात् 'वेक्टर' क्रिया के रूप में प्रयुक्त 'लग्ग-' के लगभग तीस प्राचीन प्रयोग एकत्र करते हैं — वसुदेवहिण्डी, पउमचरिय, रिट्ठणेमिचरिय, कथाकोशप्रकरण, शृंगारमञ्जरीकथा आदि आठवीं से ग्यारहवीं शताब्दी तक के प्राकृत, अपभ्रंश तथा संस्कृत ग्रन्थों से; इनमें प्रायः आरम्भसूचक अर्थ मिलता है। Bhayani collects some thirty early occurrences of Middle Indo-Aryan lagg- as the second or vector verb of a compound verb, drawn from the Vasudevahindi, Paumacariya, Ritthanemicariya, Kathakosaprakarana, Srngaramanjarikatha and other eighth to eleventh century Prakrit, Apabhramsa and Sanskrit texts, documenting its inceptive sense.

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