ON SANSCRIT ALLITERATION. 



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The stanza arranged in its common form reads thus — 



The field of battle is enlightened by the fearless ; but destructive to the pleasures of the 

 fearful; on it the brave shout for victory, and the base are put to flight. 



3. — The ^ol^TiT^ has each pdda the same, whether read forward or 

 backward, or from the centre to each extremity ; while all the pddas to- 

 gether read the same either downwards or upwards, whether we commence 

 at the centre or at each extremity : as 





















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5^ 



IT 







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The verse in its usual form stands thus— 



O dastards ; ( see where ) the rutting elephants are contending, exciting the gods to war, 

 carrying the frond foes to warlike deeds, and shining (under the conduct of those ivho) save the 

 conquering and the conquered* 



4. — The ^T^^^ has the syllables so arranged, that when the stanza 

 is divided into its four component parts, each part reads the same straight 

 forwards, or crossways, like the braces of a dt um ; whence its name. 



* Literally the poor and the prosperous. 

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