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HISTORICAL GRAMMAR OF APABHRAMSA |
 | | Apabhramsa (Ap.) is the name of the tertiary stage of the Middle Indo-Aryan, current during the period between A.D. As Apabhramsa forms the previous stage of modern Indo-Aryan languages like Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali etc., its study is essential not only for its literature but also for the formation of modern Indian languages. |
 | | Texts were classified according to the place of their composition and the linguistic data was arranged in a chronological sequence and thus the space-time context of each form was determined. |
 | | The texts were regionally grouped as: (1) Western Apabhramsa, the area of present day Gujarati, Hindi, Rajasthani dialects; (2) Southern Ap., roughly Marathi speaking area and its adjoining districts; and (3) Eastern Ap., the area of modern Bengali, Bihari, Oriya. |
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