(G. A. Gr.)
[1] The name is sometimes spelt Mahrāthī, with an h before the r, but, according to a phonetic law of the Aryan languages of western India, this is incorrect. The original h in “Māhārāṣṭrī,” from which the word is derived, is liable to elision on coming between two vowels.
[2] Shastri Vrajlal Kalidas, quoted by Beames in Comparative Grammar, i. 102.
[3] See B. A. Gupte in Indian Antiquary (1905), xxxiv. 27.
[4] For details see Dr Sten Konow’s article on Māhārāṣṭrī and Marāṭhī in Indian Antiquary (1903), xxxii. 180 seq.
[5] For the explanation of these terms see [Indo-Aryan Languages].
[6] Abbreviations: Skr. = Sanskrit. Pr. = Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit. M. = Marathi.
[7] Fuller information regarding all the above postpositions will be found in G. A. Grierson’s article “On Certain Suffixes in the Modern Indo-Aryan Vernaculars,” on pp. 473 seq. of the Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung for 1903.
[8] See, however, Hoernle, Comparative Grammar, p. 364.