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## Chapter 28: The Style of the Author
The author, in some places, has used multiple actions together to reveal the characteristics of the action or the doer. For example:
> "They praise and they give, they cut and they grind, they cage and they tear, they kill and they beat."
In the above single verse, the author has used eight verbs, each expressing different actions.
While the use of nominal verbs is less common in Prakrit, the author has used them as needed. For example, "Vatuंti" means "to make round," and here it refers to shaping a round sweet. Similarly, the use of nominal verbs like "Mamaye" etc. is also noteworthy.
The author has also presented discussions related to grammar in many places. For example:
> "Vani Jayan tti Vaniyo."
In many places, the concise meaning of words or the distinction between two words has also been clarified. For example, in verse 79, the distinction between "Nishthit" and "Krit" is explained.
The author has adopted both the styles of "Vyas" and "Samas." In many places, a detailed explanation of a single topic or word is given, while in other places, the topic is presented very concisely. The following example illustrates the concise style:
> "Kattoccau tti Sali Vani Janati Puccha Tam Gantum." (Pini 88/1)
This single sentence mentions three things.
It is a stylistic characteristic of the author that, to comprehensively discuss the desired topic, they first provide a brief overview of all the topics in a verse, which is called "Dwaragatha," and then explain each "Dwar" one by one. In verse 60, there are nine "Dwars" related to "Adhakarma," and then each "Dwar" is elaborated upon in 124 verses.
The author has presented the cause-and-effect chain in many places. For example, "Darshan" and "Jnana" give rise to "Charitra," and the purity of these two leads to the purity of "Charitra," which in turn leads to the purity of "Karma," and the purity of "Udgam" leads to the purity of "Charitra."
From the perspective of meter, the author has sometimes shortened words and made the quantity of syllables short. For example, "Jivan" - "Jiyan," "Veyana" - "Viyana," etc.
3. Pini 57/5.
1. Pini 267. 2. Pini 208.