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Section 1.—A Comparative Study of Accent.

Meaning of Akṣara, p. 106—Accent in Vedic and Classical Sanskrit, p. 106—Sentence accent in Vedic, pp. 106-107—উদাত্ত, অনুদাত্ত and স্বরিৎ, p. 107—Change of meaning by change of accent, pp. 107-109—Vedic accent in metrical composition, p. 109—Accentual peculiarities in the vocative case, p. 110—Pronunciation of the word অগ্নি in the Veda, pp. 110-111—Survival of Vedic accent in Pali and Prakrit, p. 111—Jacobi's criticism, p. 111—Emphasis on phrases in Sanskrit, p. 112—Accent system in Oriya, p. 113—Marked peculiarities of the Accent system in Bengali, p. 114—Central and East and West Bengal pronunciation, 114—Dravidian influence, 115. [pp. 106-116.

Section 2.—Bengali Metrical System.

Bengali Metrical system based on syllables and not on letters—Metrical system of early Vaisnava Poets is artificial, p. 117—Character of Bengali syllables, p. 118—পয়ার metre based on 14 syllables and not 14 letters, p. 118—Illustrations of Bengali metrical system, p. 118—How from indigenous songs literary verses originated, p. 120—The opinion is wrong that হসন্ত words do not practically exist in old Bengali, p. 120—Madhusudan and Hemchandra's versification, p. 121—Evolution of our Metrical system, p. 121—Sanskrit metres of late origin, p. 121. Their Bengali prototypes, pp. 121-126—Hindi and Oriya modes of reciting poetry, p. 126. [pp. 117-27.