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[ Dictionnaire philosophique sub v. “Apocryphes.”]
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[ I do not mean that rhymes were not known before the days of Al-Islam, but that the Arabs popularized assonance and consonance in Southern Europe.]
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[ “Vikrama” means “valour” or “prowess.”]
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[ Mr. Ward of Serampore is unable to quote the names of more than nine out of the eighteen, namely: Sanskrit, Prakrit, Naga, Paisacha, Gandharba, Rakshasa, Ardhamagadi, Apa, and Guhyaka—most of them being the languages of different orders of fabulous beings. He tells us, however, that an account of these dialects may be found in the work called Pingala.]
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[ Translated by Sir Wm. Jones, 1789; and by Professor Williams, 1856.]