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in an alphabetic order of the initial letters, while the fa has adopted the alphabetic order of the final consonants. Hemachandra has curiously combined both these orders in his a wherein the words in each are first arranged in an alphabetic order of the final consonants and the words ending in a common consonant are then arranged in an alphabetic order of the initial letters. In the all homonyms are first arranged according to their final letters as कान्त, खान्त, etc., each of these groups is next arranged according to the number of syllables as monosyllables, dissyllables, trisyllables, etc., and these words are finally arranged according to their initial letters. It, therefore, becomes very easy to find out a word in the lexicon. But the author of the has adopted none of these orders and arranged the homonyms at random. Hence it becomes very difficult to find out a word in this lexicon. An alphabetic Index of the homonyms has, therefore, been indispensable for it.
In the treatment of homonyms the author generally repeats the homonym along with each of its several denotations which are put in apposition to it, eg., हरिः सिंहो हरिर्भेको हरिर्वाजी हरिः कपिः ॥ ( 1, ६ ) But some times the author also adopts another method which facilitates him to cite more meanings by avoiding repetitions of the homonym. In that case the meanings are construed with the homonym in the
relatión, e. g.,
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बाणे वाचि पशौ भूमौ
दिशि रश्मौ जलेऽक्षणि ।
स्व मातरि वज्रेऽग्नौ मुखे सत्ये च गोध्वनिः ॥ (१,१५ )
In the Third Muktaka wherein the homonym generally conveys two meanings, the meanings are sometimes compounded and the homonym is accordingly put in the dual, e. 8. वल्लवौ सूदगोपालौ ( ३.१० ).
Genders are shown merely by the form of the word, e. g., fara, fara: and far in I, 4.
The technical terms treated in the Fourth Muktaka seem to have been arranged according to the different categories of their subjects. They may be classified into regular groups as treated in synonymous lexicons, e. g., a (including political, administrative कर्मसचिव, प्रणिधि, व्यूह, सेना, आधोरण,
(i) Terms pertaining to the and military concepts). eg सम्राज् अपस्कर, दीर्घदर्श.
(ii) Terms pertaining to cattle, e. g., àga, âfadi, yanı, áfact, astet,
jardia.
