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1. Authorship of Uttara Kanda (peekayar)
2. Re: Authorship of Uttara Kanda (Sai)
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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 04:14:36 -0700 (PDT)
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There is an impression that in Valmiki Ramayana the
Bala Kanda and Uttara Kanda are later additions.
Or at least the Uttara Kanda.
While reading the Uttara Kanda I noticed a preponderance of the letter ha. Therefore
I gathered some statistical data from the first 1000 verses of Bala Kanda, Ayodhya
Kanda, Sundara Kanda and Uttara Kanda. Though I have some data about the usage of ch,
vai, tu and hi, it is a matter opinion whether they are superfluous or not. But
regarding the usage of ha, it is evident that it is just to make the line full and it
is not a meaningful addition. Therefore can it be attributed to a different
authorship? I am giving below what I have gathered. This is open for discussion.
Probably some others might have done a similar exercise.
Baala ha 13
Ayodhya ha 6
Sundara ha 5
Uttara ha 19
PKRamakrishnan
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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 10:50:14 -0600
From: Sai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] Authorship of Uttara Kanda
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> usage of ha, it is evident that it is just to make the line full and
Why can't we assume that in the popular sanskrit of those times, 'ha' is a
commonly used word - e.g., as a catch word - not always to fill poetic
lines?
Don't words like 'ha' appear in the Vedas also?
The number of usages that you quote is so low compared to the
huge number of Slokas (1000) in each kAnDa. They seem statistically
insignificant to draw such conclusions.
- Sai.
peekayar uvaacha:
> There is an impression that in Valmiki Ramayana the
> Bala Kanda and Uttara Kanda are later additions.
> Or at least the Uttara Kanda.
>
> While reading the Uttara Kanda I noticed a preponderance of the letter
> ha. Therefore I gathered some statistical data from the first 1000
> verses of Bala Kanda, Ayodhya Kanda, Sundara Kanda and Uttara Kanda.
> Though I have some data about the usage of ch, vai, tu and hi, it is a
> matter opinion whether they are superfluous or not. But regarding the
> usage of ha, it is evident that it is just to make the line full and
> it is not a meaningful addition. Therefore can it be attributed to a
> different authorship? I am giving below what I have gathered. This is
> open for discussion. Probably some others might have done a similar
> exercise.
>
>
> Baala ha 13
> Ayodhya ha 6
> Sundara ha 5
> Uttara ha 19
>
> PKRamakrishnan
>
>
>
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