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Mahavira's Words by Walther Schubring
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II. Lengths (apart from those by Schubring) are necessary: p. 42 3 sevai, 23 tamsi, 43 17 uccālaiya, 29 manthu.
2. Shorts (apart from those marked by Schubring) are necessary: p. 40 19 and 43 14 both hantă-hanta, 40 22 misi-bhāvam, 42 (4 and) 7 (both) asi, 43 6 "camănă.
3. Apostrophizing (apart from those by Schubring) are necessary: p. 42 7. 11. 12 all three 'nega, 23 'hiyasae, 43 7 vosajj' anag, 44 18 rūves".
III. With similar sounding syllable series a simplification (haplology) takes place (as in the novel Die Nonne); I am bracketing what is omitted in the metre: p. 41 32 agant(āre) ārāmāgāre, 42 31 himsi (msu) nivaimsu [here, however, also the reading from G('sisu "aisu (WB)) would be possible].
IV. Delete: on p. 40 28 mihum, 41 21 ya, 29 n'asa. Also, on p. 41 7 tasattäe is probably not
to be changed as with Schubring, but the ya before it is to be deleted.
V. One should take over from the manuscripts: p. 41 32 taha, 43 9 and 19 va (instead of va). Also, on p. 41 21 pamajjejjā (not pamajjiya) would have to be taken over although it is read only by D (D, however, reads "jjijjā (WB)). Even the reading carejja suggested by Schubring in his translation p. 118, fn. 1/134, fn. 109, which does not appear in any manuscript, (for care in his ed.) p. 41 23, would be recommendable if here, not as in 40 26, an exceptional scansion belonging to group B were to be supposed.
VI. A reduplication of the consonant after the prefix (as on p. 43 16 parissahai) has to be adopted in 42 9 kuccarā, 10 uvassaggā.
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For B the following can be ascertained:
I. The arsis which has the measure
or - exceptionally has four morae, namely:
1. an amphibrach: p. 40 9 jaha se [or anapaest jaha se?], 41 31 palāla, 43 10 aladdha, 2. a dactyl: 41 10 tam padi,
3. an anapaest: 40 26 aiyacc".
II. The arsis is missing in 42 12. 43 11. 20. 27.
III. The arsis appears not only at the beginning of the second half-line but also at the beginning of the first half-line: 44 3. 19.
IV. At the beginning of a line, instead of the normal beginning, there is exceptionally just one mora: 40 9. 16. 41 33. 43 7. 16. At the beginning of 41 15 probably the variant āhā is to be inserted into the text.
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