Wilson Philological Lectures on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages c8.82

c8.82

Sanskrit writers distinguish three elements in the Prâkrit vocabulary which they call Tadbhava, Tatsama, and Des'ya. Such words as are derived from Sanskrit are called Tadbhava, such as दंसण, फस, मग्ग, कण्ण, &c. Tatsamas are those that are the same in Sanskrit and Prâkrit as कमल, मण्डल, &c., the phonetic laws of the Prâkrits not necessitating a change in them, and Des'yas are such as cannot be derived from Sanskrit and must be referred to another source. A good many words of this nature we find used in Prâkrit literature; and there exists a kosha or thesaurus of Des'ya words by Hemachandra. A large number of these Des'ya words exist in the modern vernaculars, such as:—