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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Judith<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’m not an expert on Hindi, but spent several years studying Sanskrit…<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In various written texts of Sanskrit verse, dandas are used to indicate<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">sections of the text. For example, in Anustubh metre, single danda is
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<p class="MsoNormal">used at end of 8 syllables, and double danda at end of 16 syllables
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<p class="MsoNormal">(denoting end of a ‘stanza/verse’).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">However, as we are talking about an originally oral Sanskrit tradition,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">such orthographic symbols are clearly imposed subsequently on an existing<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">oral text.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As Sanskrit generated various vernacular prakrits, from which most of the<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">modern Indian languages developed, and also influenced non-Sanskritic languages,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">these orthographic practices may have been applied in different ways in different
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<p class="MsoNormal">languages in different historical periods.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">best<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ramesh Krishnamurthy<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Visiting Academic Fellow, School of Languages and Social Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Room: NX01. Tel: 0121-204-3812. <br>
Director, ACORN (Aston Corpus Network project): <a href="http://acorn.aston.ac.uk/">
<span style="color:blue">http://acorn.aston.ac.uk/</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Project Investigator, GeWiss (Volkswagen Foundation) project:
<a href="http://www1.aston.ac.uk/lss/research/research-projects/gewiss-spoken-academic-discourse/">
<span style="color:blue">http://www1.aston.ac.uk/lss/research/research-projects/gewiss-spoken-academic-discourse/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:28:22 -0400<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">From: "Judith D. Schlesinger" <judith@super.org><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Subject: [Corpora-List] Hindi danda<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">To: corpora@uib.no<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">A few quick questions for anyone with strong knowledge of Hindi...<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Is there a difference between using a single danda and a<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">double danda? Is there any time more than a double would<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">be used? Is the single similar to an English , or ; and the<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">double like a .? Or is there no real relationship.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Thanks so much for a quick reply.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Judith Schlesinger<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">judith@super.org<o:p></o:p></p>
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