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¹ Many words occur in the Vedas in a Prakrit rather than a Sanskrit form. I quote at second-hand a remark of Weber's which summarizes the whole matter neatly: "The principal laws of Prakrit speech, viz., assimilation, hiatus, and a fondness for cerebrals and aspirates, are prominent in the Vedas, of which the following are examples; kuṭa = kṛita; kâṭa = karta; geha = griha; guggulu = gungulu; vivittyai = vivishṭyai; kṛikalâsa = kṛikadâśu; puroḍâśa = puroḷâśa (comp. das'ru = lacryma); paḍbhiḥ = padbhiḥ; kshullaka = kshudraka; etc."—Muir's *Sanskrit Texts*, vol. ii., p. 139. (1st Edition.)