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PART III. 
Index to Man’hodh’s Haribans. 
Introduction. 
The form of the index explains itself. The only point to he made 
clear is the alphabetical order, which differs somewhat from that hitherto in 
nse. Neither the annnasika nor the distinction into short and long vowels 
is allowed to affect the order of words. Or, to put the matter another 
way: each of the sets % % WT, f&c., 
so far as alphabetical order is concerned constitutes one letter only. 
Accordingly, I first give all words containing the sound a, irrespective of 
that sound being short, long, or nasalized, and simply arrange them 
according to their consonants ; next come all words containing the sound i, 
similarly arranged; next, in similar order, those containing the sound u, 
and so forth. 
This principle of disregarding quantity and nasalization secures a 
distinct and important practical (as well as scientific) advantage, which 
could not be obtained by any other arrangement; for it results in bringing 
into more or less close juxtaposition pairs, or sets, of words of identical 
origin and meaning : as and ‘ a courtyard.’ ‘ sleep’, 
and ‘ cause to sleep’, a/ ‘ die’, and y' ‘ kill’. The 
advantage gained from this is obvious, when we consider that Bihari roots 
containing a long vowel, shorten that vowel whenever it falls in the ante¬ 
penultimate and is followed by a consonant, and that hence in the case of 
such roots many forms will be found occurring derived from the same root, 
and only differing in the quantity of the antepenultimate vowel. 
This system of alphabetical arrangement for Gaudian languages is 
put forward tentatively, and criticism on its practical and scientific advan¬ 
tages and disadvantages is solicited. 
II ^ II II y 
y' pres. 3 sg. II, 41: WTW, 
V, 42 : ^rr^, II, 46 : 3 pi. 
X, 54: imperat. 2 pi. YI, 
32: 3 sg. IX, 27: fut. 1 
sg. 1, 32 : YII, 16, 50 : 
YIII, 23: 3 sg. YIII, 
43: past. 1 sg. I, 17 : 3 
sg. IV, 25, 40: Y, 5, 6, 
14: YI, 7, 24: YIII, 36: IX, 10, 
31, 52: X, 9, 23: fern. 
Y, 45: YI, 2: IX, 51 : 3 pi. 
II, 25 : II, 2 : YII, 
46 : X, 55 : past part. X, 
19 : periphrast. pres. 3 sg. 
IX, 27: verb, nouns obi. 
YIII, 46: instr. sg. 
