A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v1.c7.52
A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v1.c7.52
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In the above examples the duplicate consonant of Prakrit is retained in P. The lengthening of the vowel with rejection of one consonant occurs nearly always in the rest. S., though it writes only one consonant, pronounces two, as P. does; this accounts for the short vowel being retained.