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1. Authorship of Uttara Kanda (Allen W Thrasher)
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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 10:24:57 -0400
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Subject: [Sanskrit] Authorship of Uttara Kanda
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You might show the figures to a statistician and ask them if the
variation is statistically significant.
Allen Thrasher
Allen W. Thrasher, Ph.D.
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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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