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उत्पित्सुरूपा विषरिष्टिकाले, विष्टम्भगुल्मेन च वक्ररूपा । प्रत्यर्थवातेन अधःस्फुरन्ती, Allah farmaatfaata 11 (.54)
Style of writing and method of exposition : The style of Nadiprakasam used by its author, Sri Sankara Sen, in presenting its contents and dealing with its subject-matter is mainly of one character, viz. poetry. It begins with the metre of poetry as found in Nadivijnanam in composing its verses in all its three chapters with Sanskrit commentaries. The first chapter consists of nine verses only, the second chapter comprises twenty-five verses and the third one contains fifty seven verses in Sanskrit only.
The style of Nadiprakasam, when judged with an objective approach, is found to be rich in all the three chapters, exhibiting the touch of good Sanskrit and it has served its full purpose by embodying the teachings on the science of pulse as found in Nadivijnanam.
It contains some literary flourishes in the form of verses faithfully transmitted from Nadivijnanam and in the manner of expression of the author to convey the thoughts and ideas on the science of
1. Six verses are missing because of its worn out condition caused
by white ant.
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