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श्रमणविद्या
Basing on the aforesaid details, we may draw up the following table.
Table 8
metrical patterns
parts of speech
total
u-uu uu--
total
Total frequency of short and long syllables in the first half of the feet is as given below :
short: 7 2 2 2 long : 0 5 5 5 Thus, the general metrical structure turns out to be u ---
Particles as fifth syllables ... As the fifth syllable, only na is found and not mā. Na occurs thrice in odd feet and 4 times in even ones, and is short everywhere. Details of the uses of the particle and the parts of speech are given in the following table.
Table 9
sequence
na
p
na
v
feet 2. 85a 7.30 1. 646 2.106 b 2.100a 1. 42d 2. 96
ad
na
With reference to the aforesaid details, the following points may be noted : a. that there are 5 different combinations of the particle and the parts
of speech : one with three words appearing in two feet, three of 4 words each found in 4 feet, and one of 5 words in one foot; that the particle occurs twice in the first foot, thrice in the second, and once each in the third and fourth feet;
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