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is omitted after the 3rd gana, the Arya will be called Vipulā. (See .. 4a. 2−2. Intro. P. xlxiii.ff.) Only verse 23 is in the nature of a Prastara as described by Hemacandra in Chhando nus'asana. Prof. Jacobi does not seem to have taken notice of it.
For the style of the work, it is wri tten in flowing Maharastri Prakrit. But in places (P. 41; P. 44, etc.) it contains intolerably long compounds in imitation of the Sanskrit prose style. Also there are parables (P. 7577) and general instruction on topics like wea1th (P. 36-37), fate (P. 25) etc. There are often the links or S'rinkhalas in verses e. g. verses 47 to 51 or verses 23 etc.
M. C. Modi
