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 I § 18-19. richness and size of compounds, by the elegancy of words and the melodiousness of sounds, by the elevation and perfection of style, than by an artificially disturbed ar- rangement of words. Such entangled and intricate struc- ture, as for example characterizes Latin poetry, is an exception in Sanskrit ¹). There it is chiefly displayed in the extraordinary great liberty in placing relatives, in- terrogatives and negations. Q Rem. Rhythmical wants and euphony, of course, may also exer- cise a greater or smaller influence on the order of words. Espe- cially in the old dialect. Here are some instances. Ch. Up. 4,4,2 बहुहं चरन्ती (instead of बहु चरन्त्यहम् ), Ait. Br. 1,30,9 तस्माद्वस्याग्निं पुर स्तान्ति (instead of ग्रस्य पुरस्तादमिम्), ibid. 2,37, 4 सायं होता ऽऽऽयं शंसति. The rhythmical disposition of the words is here prevailing on the regular arrangement required by logic, compare the figur hyper- baton, so much employed in Greek and Latin. mark of antiquity is separating prepositions from their verbs, chiefly by particles put between them, as Ait. Br. 2, 31,6 39 al akad वा व्याहत्. An other 7 1 SECTION II. SYNTAXIS CONVENIENTIAE AND SYNTAXIS RECTIONIS. 13 CHAPT. I. Concord. 19. A twofold agreement is here to be spoken of, one 1) Kathâs. 30,53 may give an instance of poetical arrangement. सोऽपि शापान्तबद्धाशः कालं मातलिबोधितः कृच्छ्रान्सहसानीकस्तां विनानैषीन्मृगावतीम्- In prose the words that would not have been separated.