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THE NITIPRAKA6IKA. 



found in Manu, especially in the seventh book, which treats 

 at large of the duties incumbent on a king. 46 



A few specimens of grammatical irregularities and of 

 archaic forms are given below, in order to substantiate 

 the statement that the Nitiprakasika is old in style and 

 language. 47 



46 Compare Manu VII, 56 and preceding, with Nitiprakasika 3 ; M. VII, 

 7— 9 with N. VIII, 4—6 ; M. VII, 37* with N. 11*; VII, 404 with 124; 

 VII, 444 with 13« ; VIII, 20 and 21 with 16 and 17; VII, 54 with 18; 

 VII, 63 with 21 ; VII, 25 and Mahabharata Santiparva XVI, 10 with 30 ; 

 HitopadeSa I, p. 59, lines 9, 10 (Calcutta edition) and Mahabharata Santiparva 

 LVII, 40 with 44 ; VII, 116 and 117 with 46 and 47 ; VII, 99 and HitO- 

 padesa II, p. 65, line 4 with 61 ; VII, 147 with 68 ; VII, 148 and 149 with 70 

 and 71 ; Ramayana Sundarakanda, 41, 1 with 72 ; M. VII, 1634 — 68 with 

 80—85 ; VII, 216a with 88a; VII, 2174 with 89a ; VII, 221a with 894 ; 

 VII, 2254 with 914, &c, &c. 



47 (a) Disregard to the rules of Sandhi : see p. 74, VIII, line 47, f^^fj^f 



3TPM*3?4 ; p- 78, vni, 155 f^T 3F*TrTC: ; p. 56, vi, ie 

 fe^T S"FT ; p- 30, i, 27 ^Ffl ; p- 48 > IV > TfrT^TT ; 



p. 56, VI, 13 ; p. 50, V, 4 ?MT?^[^- p. 37, 



n, 47 fa^Tfads^RTf^ ; p- 47, iv, 58 JTcffor'Tt ; 



(4) Irregularities in the declension, formation of nouns, &c. : see p. 32, 

 I, 72 ^0^; p. 76, VIII, Hl^Tfff; p. 68, VII, 47 and 53 



(c) Irregularities in the conjugation of verbs : 1 Parasmaipada used instead 

 of Atmanepada : p. 76, VIII, 104 Sp^tj p. 44, III, 80 ?J5ff% ; 



p. 64, VI, 208 c5^; 2 Atmanepada used instead of Parasmaipada ; p. 39, 



ii, 103 ar% ; p. 76, vin, 94 srre&T ;p- 42 > m, 31 3?^^; 



(d) p. 32, I, 81 JfSSTqfJT ; p. 46, IV, 22 and 23 qj^q ; p. 45, IV, 



2i 5TT*q ; 



{e) Metrical irregularities : II, 62, (p. 37) ; V, 55, (p. 52) and VIII, 79 

 (p. 75) contain 1 7 syllables. 



