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fourth, 4 times in the second and 7 times in the third feet. Consis dered overall, the particles appear mostly in the third feet, and in the first the least number of times. In the other two, they are found equally distributed.
Besides the particles, the parts of speech happen to be nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs and indeclinables. From the details furnished below, it would be possible to have an idea of their frequency.
position of particles n
1st syllable
25
elsewhere
12
total
37
19
It is thus evident that in feet with negative particles as initial syllables the noun occurs most frequently. The verb comes next. The pronoun and indeclinable, which incidentally are of almost equal frequency, appear next. The adjective stands last. In feet where the particles appear as syllables other than the first ones, the verb happens to be the most prominent part of speech. Next stands the noun. Still next, the indeclinable and the pronoun which again appear almost equally. In this case too, the adjective proves to be the least significant part of speech. Considered overall, the noun stands as the most important part of speech, and the adjective as the least important one. The verb stands second. The pronoun and the indeclinable, which are almost of equal frequency, come next in order, with slight edge for the former over the latter.
p ad ν
11
18
8
16
34
3
4
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7
i
9
9
18
10. In 9 feet, the verb does not appear at all. In 8 of them, na appears as the first syllable, and is immediately followed by some noun in 6 feet, and in one foot each by a pronoun and an indeclinable. In one foot, the particle appears as the fourth syllable and is preceded by an indeclinable.
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total
66
49
115
11. In the remaining 31 feet, the particles are invariably followed by some verb. In one case at 2.107b, the particle is followed by two verbs consecutively, and in one at 2.172c it is also preceded by another verb. These are precisely the only cases where the verb appears twice in the same foot. In both the cases, the particle happens to be mã.
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