ON SANSCRIT ALLITERATION. 



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commencing from the axle again it proceeds in like manner through the 

 other three parts of the wheel— as will appear from the following example 



TT^r^mf%g'5[^r f^T^f^^TTr TT^rm^rTw^^ f^'^ffiq^TTT i 



JRadha hearing the words of her companions, and going joyfully according to appointment 

 at the time of the festival, was dishonoured: and being truly devoted to her lord, was suffused 

 with tears of grief that she was not rather killed. 



6. — The "qff^ciir is so composed that the stanza may be arranged in 

 the form of a lotus, from which its name is derived. There are various 

 kinds of it according to the number of petals assigned to the lotus. In this the 

 syllable that is repeated forms the seed vessel, from which the reading com- 

 mences towards the side E. and passing from thence (except at the cardinal 

 points) to the next petal towards N. &c. In the petals to the cardinal 

 points, the letters are read twice, once forwards and one backwards ; as 



