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not do so as they are evidently derived from sanskrit words. 24 Again in II. 89, he says that the word gaggarī is taught as a deši word by some authors but Hema. says that it is not a dest word as it is derived from Sans. gargarī. But here our author shows some lititude and says that it may be considered a desi word.
For example : the gāthā : gāhammi gāhuli gåyarigoa gaggariaa 25
For this he comments: gahuli krura jalacarah / gayari tatba goa gargari / gaggari sabdo'pi Keşan ciddeśyah / asmabhistu gargari śabda bhavatvatonokiah yadi bhavati tatba paryayabhagya darśatoosti! V. Principles adopted :
The text is divided into 8 chapters called vargas, based on the division of the alphabet into groups according to a non-grammatical but astrological tradition of India as mentioned by Hemachandra. Varga sangya ceha na vyakarana prasiddba kimtu jyotišastra prasiddhyehadšta /26
These vargas with the number of gathās in each are noted below: Varga
initial letters of the words in the Number of gåthâs.
vargā. 1st varga vowels
174 2nd Gutterals
112 3rd
Palatals 4th Linguals
51 5th
Dental 6th
Labials 7th
Liquids 8th Sibilants and aspirate
Totol 783
62
63
96 77
Hemacapdra has split the last one into two, the first containing yr. I and y, the seconds ś, ş, s and h, The Deši words do not show the sounds visarga, nasals n ñ & y initially and hence they are not necessary for arranging the words on the basis of their initial sounds. · He remarks:
nakaradayastu deśyamasambhavina eveti na nivaddhah / yakarasya prakşte sambhavat tatto raphadayaḥ prastūyante /
Aştamavarge prakste śaşau na sambhavanta iti sadayah-prastuyante.27
Besides arranging the words in the alphabetical order of the first syllable he further arranges them according to the number of syllables they contain i.e. di-syllabic tri-syllabic, tetra-syllabic and so
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