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out of six or more are illustrated in very rare cases. Niputanas are illustrated with one example each.
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11. Rare and obsolete roots are dropped while illustrating a particular suffix. The inapplicable sense of a root with more than one meaning is not illustrated. Out of synonymous roots only one is illustrated. 12. Only one root out of two or more injuncted for one prefix is illustrated. If more than one prefix be injuncted to more than one root, only one example is generally given. More examples are found only in two cases. 13. Suffixes too are illustrated in the same economical fashion as above. The most befitting root and suffix is usually selected for illustration, doing away with all other possible permutations and combinations. 14. The same is the case in respect of the illustrations of TJpapadas too. 15. Only two or three examples are given for long sutras injuncting about fifteen or more options. 16. Throughout, BhaJti has given only one example of a case ending injuncted in a sUtra. Examples which have to be elucidated with the help of Varttilcos are also treated with the same brevity. Thus Bhatti has adopted the policy of brevity and speed on the grammatical plane as well as on the narrative plane. And, this has evidently been mutually beneficial in maintaining the simplicity, fluidity and balance on each plane. The Prasanna-kanda : Figures of Speech The Prasana-kanda is supposed to illustrate some poetic qualities and figures of speech. Figures of speech are used in other cantos also ; but there they serve as a natural means of carrying home the poetic thought or idea. They are used very sparingly and the style is nowhere loaded with artificial figures except in Carte T (r vbich aims specially at illustrating them. »
