History of Bengali Language and Literature c6.s8.73

c6.s8.73

In the current dialect of Bengal this এ is often used as রাজাএ ডাকিয়াছে, বাঘে ধরিয়াছে, &c. It is to be noted that the Bengali sentences, in active forms owe their construction rather to Sanskrit passive forms. The difference in the dual and plural numbers is not preserved in Prākrita. The usual affix in the plural forms being 'আ'. কুশলবা for কুশলবৌ, পুত্ৰা for পুত্ৰাঃ and like forms are frequently found in Prākrita. In old Bengali also আ forms the affix of the nominative plural; as in:—