Wilson Philological Lectures on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages c8.71.1

c8.71.1

The pronoun न in the form of ण exists as in the Pâli; इदम् has two bases, इम which is used throughout, as इमो, इमे nom., इमं, इमे acc., इमेण-मिणा, इमेहि, instr. &c; and अ from which we have optionally अअं nom. sing., अस्स and अस्सि, gen. and loc. sing., and एहिं and एसु instr. and loc. plural, and आहिं instr. pl of the feminine. इमो, इमस्स, इमस्सिं &c. are also in use. The base अ is used in the Pâli in the instr. sing., gen. pl., and abl. sing. also. The demonstrative अदम् has one base only, अमु, which is declined like nouns in उ; as अमु, अमुणो nom., अमूं अमुणो acc. अमुणा, अमुहिं instr., &c. The pronoun of the second person has, according to Vararuchi, five bases त, तुम् or तुम, तुज्झ, तुम्हे, तुम्म, वो and मे. The first is derived from the त्व of त्वम्; तुम् or तुम from the same with the व softened to उ; तुज्झ from तुभ्यम् through the intermediate Pâli form तुय्ह, the last conjunct of which is changed to ज्झ, by a rule formerly given; तुम्हे is made up by putting together the तु of the singular and the म of the plural, as explained in going over the Pâli; तुम्म is another form of तुम्हे; वो is the old Sanskrit वम्; and मे seems to be derived from मेहे of तुम्हे as बभण is from ब्राह्मण. Hemachandra adds तुभ, to be derived from the Sanskrit तुभ्यम् or from तुम्हे, म्ह being changed to भ; उज्झ from तुज्झ by the dropping of त्; तुय्ह and उय्ह other forms of तुभ्यम्; तुव from त्व by the insertion of उ; तुह from तुय्ह; उम्ह by the dropping of त् of तुम्हे;