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The negative particles in the anustubh feet of the Buddhavamsa
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The number of words in the feet under consideration varies from three to five. The table below gives the details of the frequency of occurrence of the particles and parts of speech as particular words in the feet.
total
na
mã
n
P
ad
V
i
1st
42
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noun
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order of words
3rd
2
1
2nd
4
99
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indeclinable
39
4
mā
7
na
4th
From the table above it becomes apparent that the noun and the verb are respectively the most important parts of speech as first and third words, the indeclinable is the only part of speech found as the second word, and that as fourth and fifth words of the feet the verb and adjective are found, but none prominently. Considered overall, nouns, verbs and indeclinables are to be deemed as the most important parts of speech found in the feet under consideration and they appear equal number of times. The pronoun is somewhat less in use, and the adjective is extremely rare.
39
21
To turn to the metrical formations of the feet. Details are given
below.
parts of speech preceding particles metrical patterns references
na
11
2.109c 80b 2.133c
u-uu
F11
2. 42d
1. 73c 2.165c
2
- 2 | 3
15
5th
1
1111
u-uu
total
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