Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions v2.c19.2

v2.c19.2

This remark seems to be incorrect. The Scholiast could not have meant to denote the Mahārāshṭrī, or any other of the provincial Prākrits, by the term “*deśi*,” as they all embraced a “tatsama” and a “tadbhava” element also. He could only, when using the word “*deśi*,” have referred to the local element in each. See pp. 49, 427, ff.