The Ramayana

Contents Preface Foreword by Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterji Introduction by Dr. Siddheshwar Varma Some Preliminary Observation Valmiki - The Immortal Bard Some Linguistic Peculiarities of the Ramayana Chapter I Rare Words or Words with Unfamiliar Meaning Chapter II Synonyms Chapter III Some Phonetic Tendencies Anaptyxis Syncope Haplology Metathesis Interchange of d and l and r and l Phonetic Variants in Proper Names Metrical Interference with Quality of a Vowel Shortening of Long Vowels Lengthening of Short Vowels Chapter IV The Onomatopoeic or Descriptive Words Chapter V Ellipsis Chapter VI Usage Chapter VII Prepositional Verbs Chapter VIII Etymologies The Use of Some Roots in Peculiar Meaning Karakas Repetition or Superfluity Verbs with a Cognate Object Idioms and Proverbs The Use of Words in Secondary Meaning Short Forms for Complete Expressions Chapter IX The Un-Paninian Forms and Other Anomalies Sandhi Vowel Sandhi : Internal Vowel Sandhi : External Hiatus in Two Padas Absence of Savarnasandhi Absence of Gunasandhi Absence of Vrddhisandhi Absence of Other Vowel Sandhis Hiatus in the Same Pade Absence of Savarnasandhi Absence of Gunasandhi Absence of Yansandhi Consonant Sandhi Double Sandhi Nouns Compounds Numerals Taddhitas Feminine Forms Verbs Atmanepada and Parasmaipada Verb Formations Confusion in Ganas Set and anit Omission of Augments at and at Causal Forms Participles Present Participles Past Participles Gerunds Infinitives Other Anomalies Gender Interchange of Case, Voices and Tenses Concord : Gender Concord : Number Omission of Case-affix A Supplement : Synonyms Classified Indexes Bibliography