Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c8.s3.t8.5

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Also typical of epigraphic Sanskrit, particularly of the second class mentioned previously, are nonstandard gerunds formed contrary to the rule of distribution of the suffixes *-tvā* and *-(t)ya* to simple and prefixed roots, respectively. A notable case is the Jodhpur stone inscription of Bāüka (SI II.236–41) with three gerunds of this type: *prahatvā*, *tyajya*, and *stambhya* (ll. 15, 17).