Guest guest Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 You might show the figures to a statistician and ask them if the variation is statistically significant. Allen Thrasher Allen W. Thrasher, Ph.D. Senior Reference Librarian Southern Asia Section Asian Division Library of Congress Jefferson Building 150 101 Independence Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20540-4810 tel. 202-707-3732 fax 202-707-1724 athr The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the Library of Congress. >>> peekayar 6/15/2004 7:14:36 AM >>> 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 Read only the mail you want - Mail SpamGuard. Links Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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