A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v2.c12.s2.53
A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v2.c12.s2.53
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v2.c12.s2.53
The principle of phonetic change which lies at the root of these modern forms was indicated in Vol. I. p. 330. The process began in Prakrit, as we have अप्पा, आपा, side by side with आप्प, etc. This latter form has not been adopted by the moderns.