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The negative particles in the anuştubh feet of the Buddhuvamsa 303
The frequency of the particles and the parts of speech may be known from the followiog table,
Table 13
order of words 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
total
3
1 2
1 1
total
2
2
2
It is thus evident that verbs and adjectives occur in the feet more frequently than the other parts of speech, and that the indeclinable does not appear at all.
The metrical patterns of the feet in Table 13 are detailed below. parts of speech preceding particles metrical patterns references adjective na
1. 70a verb mā
2.172c
The frequency of metrical patterns are tabled below.
Table 14 metrical patterns parts of speech total
a
total
1 2 The total frequency of short and long syllables as :
short: 1000 long: 1 2 2 2 As such, the general metrical pattern assumes the form ---
With reference to Tables 7, 10 and 13, it is possible to get an exact impression of the total frequency of occurrence of the particles and the parts of speech in feet in which the particles appear as syllables other than the first ones. The position is as follows.
GTT TT6-9
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