Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. C. - In the collocation of words and phrases the Gatha strictly follows the rules of Sanskrit syntax, but in the formation of comp'ound terms it admits of many licences highly offensive to the canons of Panini and Vopadeva. They seem, however, to be the consequence of haste and inattention, and are not referrible to any dialectic peculiarity.