Wilson Philological Lectures on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages c8.41

c8.41

In the Ms. of the Gauḍavadha, from which the first extract is given, अ and आ preceded by अ and इ are marked as य and या. In Mss. of other works the य does not appear; but there can be no question that it represent the later pronunciation correctly, since as already remarked in a note this य is observed in some of the modern vernnaculars. But it is to be pronounced like a strengthened अ or आ and not like the heavy semi-vowel that I mentioned in my observations on the Pâli.