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श्रमण विद्या
As such, the general structure of the earlier half of the feet turns out to
u
be u---
Particles as fourth syllables
As fourth syllable, na appears 6 times, all in odd feet except once at 2.80b (isayo natthi me samā). Ma occurs only once, and in an even foot. In three feet na is short, and in the remaining three at 2.80b, 2.109c (vitatham natthi Buddhanam) and 2.165c (tatuddham natthi aññatra) it is long. Datails of the sequence of use of the particles and the parts of speech may be had from the following table.
Table 6
b.
C.
d.
n
e.
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39
i
P
33
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n
na
""
""
35
""
37
sequence
V
39
27
39
na
""
mā
A P
n
n
V
""
ad
c
i
With reference to the aforesaid particulars, the following observations may be made :
a.
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feet
2.133c
2.109c
2. 80b
1. 73c 27. 22c
2.165c 2. 42d
that there are 7 different combinations of the particles and parts of speech: two each in equal number of feet with three and four words, and three in even number of feet of five words each:
that the particles appear in 5 odd and two even feet;
that in all the feet the particle is followed by some verb, except in aham hi na cirasseva (27.22c) in which there is no verb at all, and that the particle is followed and preceded respectively by a noun and an indeclinable;
that na is immediately preceded by a noun in three feet, and by an indeclinable in the other three, while ma is preceded by an indeclinable; and
that in two feet the verb appears as the fourth word, and in 4 as the third one.
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