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xvi Losses in words denoting Numerals, p. 167. Vedic mantras preserved as a hieratic speech, p. 169. The term 'laukika' for Sanskrit, p. 170. The term 'Sanskṛta,' p. 173. Provincial dialect at the time of Patanjali, p. 174. That the Prākṛta dialects are derived from Sanskrit is an erroneous proposition, p. 175. Variety of past forms in Sanskrit, p. 175. Pronunciation, p. 177. Dual, p. 178. Why later Prākṛtas were more Sanskritic, p. 179. Prākṛta forms Sanskritized, pp. 181-85. Vernacular words traceable to the Vedic, pp. 185-87. Appendix.—Pseudo-Sanskrit words drawn from Prākṛts, pp. 189-91. [pp. 156-91.

Prākṛta defined, p. 192. Prākṛta the language of the common people, p. 193. Pali defined, p. 193. Pāli, an early Māgadhi Prākṛta, p. 193. The character of Pāli, p. 196. Pāli, a literary speech, p. 197. The Gāthā language, a curious mixture of Sanskrit and Apabhraṇśa, p. 199. Artificial literary Prākṛta the language of the old Prākṛta works, p. 199. The language of the Aśoka inscriptions not artificial, p. 199. Old Magadhi Prākṛta or Pāli and Bengali, p. 200. Similarity of Accent system, p. 201. Survival in Vocabulary, p. 201. Morphological comparison between Pali and Bengali, p. 206. Origin of a class of long-winded Samāsa compounds, p. 207. Jaina Prākṛta, p. 207. A link between Pāli and Modern Vernaculars, p. 207. Study of Jaina Prāktṛa essential for the history of Bengal, p. 208. Points of agreement between Jaina Prākṛta and Bengali, p. 210. Peculiarity of Bengali names, p. 213. [pp. 192-213.