Wilson Philological Lectures on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages c9.90

c9.90

The word घृतम् has घअं in the Prâkrits according to the grammarians, but घिअं also must have existed; so also भृङ्ग has भिङ्गो. Some of the above words have two forms in the Prâkrits, but since one of them does not occur in any of the vernaculars, it has been omitted. There are other words having two or even three Prâ- krit forms, one of which occurs in one of the vernaculars, and the other or others in another. Thus:—