Introduction - abridged version

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To quote this page: AAE Van der Geer 1998. The Bhasa Problem. A statistical research into its solution. PhD Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, the Netherlands

General Introduction

History of the Bhâsa-problem

• Who was Bhâsa?
• Similar plays, ergo one author
• Similar plays, ergo adaptations or one repertoire
• Differences, ergo heterogeneous group
• Relation Cârudatta - Mrcchakatika

The Present Investigation

• Introduction
• Coincidence Test
  • Relation between Syntax and Metre
  • The Sanskrit Case
  • Short Description of the Test
  • Generative Grammar
  • Application to Metrical Language

• Shloka Pattern and Word Frequencies

Last updated 2007