Even if the double letter begins another word. But, as in llukmang 5. 63 taniidwijudu, if one word is Telugu, this is needless, also Naish 5. 8. nalupra.
If a consonant is silent, it lengthens the preceding vowel. Thus in the words S&S~ir- paliken, or chetul, the final syllable
becomes long.
A short vowel is called laghu or Ixh^jjosm hraswamu
(meaning Tight) while a long syllable is called !fo&-3 (meaning heavy) whether it be s~si» long by nature or long by position.*
The quantity being always visible to the eye, marks are seldom used: and we may conveniently retain—for long and w for short: but in the native treatises, the semi circle at which we use for short denotes long: while an upright line I denotes short. Thus the dactyl (instead of— u u ) is written " w I I " I shall endeavour to dispense with these marks.
Poets sometimes insert the circle (sunna) to lengthen the preceding syllable. Thus t9#£o atadu becomes fcs«*o£fc atandu; b"&& vlrudu becomes Last; vlrundu; elsewhere they write "B^Si to for T3^*j and S"?S> for inserting or dropping a double consonant when the metre requires a change.
The letter $ chh is always considered to be double: thus in the word Ok (more correctly ^'"^ois) the first syllable is lengthened, thus swa-chhand. The letter m> as in L*^)s pracriti is considered a vowel: and does not lengthen the preceding syllable.
The letter g always lengthens the preceding short vowel. T hus 'f'i88 is swatah : but prosidially the second short is reckoned long. Colloquially this is pronounced ^Ssi* swa-ta-ha: but this is wrong.
In verse a word is often divided: part being in one line and pal-t in the next.
(* In the Rambler, No. 90. regarding English Prosody, Johnson instead of longs, and shorts uses the better words strong and weak syllables. And I should prefer these expressions were they in general use.)
