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³ It was formerly generally called "Gāthā dialect" (see above, Vol. I. p 47 f. ), which is the more inapt, as it is widely used in inscriptions too. *Cf.* *S. Lefmann* in ZDMG 29, 1875, 212 ff.; *E. Senart*, JA 1882, s. 7, t. XIX, 238 ff., 1886, s. 8, t. VIII, p. 318 ff.; Kern, SBE 21, p. XIV ff.; *Bühler*, Ep. Ind. I, 1892, 239, 377; II, 34; Hoernle and *Bhandarkar*, Ind. Ant. 12, 1883, pp. 89 f., 205f., 139 ff.; 17, 1888, p. 36 ff.; *J. Wackernagel*, Altindische Grammatik. I, Göttingen, 1896, p. XXXIX ff.