PMThis historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ...only before the caesura, but also often in the positions 2T, 2D. In several positions the text gives gerunds in-tyd,-yd, but-dya, though all are treated by the poets in the same way. (ii) In the very numerous occurrences of the verb-forms in-d,-thd,-td the text gives the long vowel correctly in the positions of Group ...
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PMThis historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ...only before the caesura, but also often in the positions 2T, 2D. In several positions the text gives gerunds in-tyd,-yd, but-dya, though all are treated by the poets in the same way. (ii) In the very numerous occurrences of the verb-forms in-d,-thd,-td the text gives the long vowel correctly in the positions of Group A, in 2t, 2d, often in 2T and 2D, and sometimes in 7A. Otherwise it gives the short vowel, which should certainly be corrected in the very common position 4A, and probably also in 3TD, 4, 5B, and in final syllables. The neuter plurals are treated in the same way and need the same correction. (iii) In the adverbs u, td, nd, sd the text shews a strong bias for the short vowel. In the positions 6, 8, 10 the long vowel is used correctly, but in the positions 3t, 3d (where a long vowel is urgently needed) the text gives the short vowel, and for nd and sd either lengthens arbitrarily a preceding vowel or substitutes a form in-o. In the positions 2t, 2d a long vowel is occasionally given: otherwise almost always the short vowel. But the apparently arbitrary exceptions nd (initial), nd cit, u nu, and ii fu are evidence of an earlier and more correct recension. (iv) In the adverbs ddhd, adyd, and yddl the long vowel is more freely recognized. It appears fairly regularly, not only in the positions 2t and 2d, but also in 2T, 2D, and less regularly in 4. On the other hand ddha ydd appears always, without regard to metre. For index to the symbols see p. 148. Quantity by position 141 (v) Of the imperatives in-dhi,-hi the text gives irnuhi, srudhi, krdhi correctly, but in the positions 2t, 2d otherwise inclines to the short vowel. In all positions other words have the short vowel, and, as it appears, correctly. (vi) Vowels capable of protraction are written a.
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