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The (four) 
oceans. 
V. 
(a) , general, (sabbavyapi —). 
(b) . partial, ( visesatha —). 
each kind being distinguished by the absence and presence of the 
emphatic particle hi. In this instance it is partial transition 
without the particle lii, (see Jour., As. Soc. Peng., Part I, No. 2, 
1875, pages 100 and 119.) 
v. 9. Samuddo surasddiham. Samuddo, usu, rasa, and such like symbols 
represent numerals. Numerical symbols occur only in the second, 
third, and fifth chapters, and are here subjoined. 
Number 4. veda. the (four) vedas vv. 67. 79. 
yuga. the (four) ages, vv. 77. 98. 99. 
samuddo. v. 9. 
annava. vv. 39. 117. 123. 125. 126. 
ambudhi. v. 75. 
jaladhi. v. 120. 
sindhu. vv. 118. 119, 
Number 5. usu. the (five) arrows of Cupid, v. 9. 
akkhi. the eye, one of the (five) senses, v. 100. 
Number 6. rasa, the (six) tastes, vv. 9. 97. 98. 101. 
utu. the (six) seasons, vv. 99. 100. 108. 
Number 7. assa. vv. 67. 84. 99. 101. 102. ( the (seven) horses 
haya. vv. 92. 93. ( of the sun. 
muni. v. 104. ( , T , N 
{ the (seven) sages. 
isi. vv. 94. 98. 100. ( v ° 
sara. the (seven) musical notes, v. 89. 
Number 8. vasu. a certain tribe of demigods, vv. 37. 41. 77. 93. 
bhoga. wealth, v. 94. 
Number 9. gaha. a planet, v. 88. 
Number 11. hara. one of the eleven Ruddas, v. 97. 
Number 12. akka . The sun, one to each month, v. 102. 105. 
padacchedo yati bbhave. Verse division is yati, the harmonic pause. 
The subject is treated of in the author’s Subodhalankara (Pasy 
Phetorie) vv. 49. to 55/ Pada here means a portion, not a quar¬ 
ter, of a verse. 
v. 12. ekakkhar ’ arabbha. for ekakkharam arabbha. 
Quarter verses vary from one up to twenty-six syllables. In this 
treatise they range from the Gdyatti of six syllables, to the Akati 
of twenty-two syllables. The five metres preceding the former, and 
the four following the latter omitted here are :— 
1 See Jour., As. Soc, Beng., Part I, No. 2, 1875, pp. 96 and 108. 
