The Sanskrit Drama in its Origin, Development, Theory & Practice c9.s3.12

c9.s3.12

In the words of the hetaera the word *surada* occurs, with softening of *t* to *d*; conceivably the passage might be verse, but in all probability we are merely faced with a sporadic instance of a change which later set in, due perhaps to a copyist's error; to find in it an evidence of Māhārāṣṭrī would be unwise, especially as the very next word (*vimadda*) is not in the Māhārāṣṭrī form (*vimaḍḍa*). In the dialect of the Duṣṭa we have a form *makkaṭaho* which may be genitive, as in Apabhraṃśa, but is not allowed in Māgadhī; but the sense is too uncertain to permit of any security.