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The Dhiavala Songs
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Kirtidhavala
a, d : 6+6+ 2 b, e: 4 + 4 c, f : 6 + 6 + 4 or 5 (a rhymes with c and d rhymes with f)
Ch. V 35 Chś 23 Chk II 32
Name
The four-lined Dhavala
Structure (1) a, c : 6 + 4 + 3
b, d: 6+4 a, c: 6 + 4 + 4 b, d : 6 + 4 + 4 + 2 or 3
Bhramaradhavala
Source Sch. IV 19 Chs. 25 Ch. V 37 Chś. 24 Ch. V 36 Ch. V 38
Gunadhavala
Amaradhavala
(3) a, c: 6+ 4 + 3
b, d: 6 + 4 + 4
It appears from the above that the distribution of varieties for each of the three types in our three sources is as follows :
Svayambhū : 1, 1, 1 Rājasekhara : 1, 1, 2 Hemacandra : 2, 1, 3
Svayambhū does not name the varieties. Rājasekhara names one variety as Bhramaradhavala. Hemacandra gives a name for each of the six varieties he treats. In this matter KD follows Hemacandra. Hem acandra has illustrated all the varieties with his own compositions. Of the two illustrations given by KD., one is borrowed from Ch, and the other is patterned after the corresponding illustration in Ch.
All the metrical authorities tell us that besides the specific metres of eight, six and four lines (as described above), other metres were also used to compose Dhavala. Sch. IV 21 says that Dhavala and Mangala compositions were named after whatever metre in which they were composed. The anonymous Sanskrit quotations given by Chś. Ch. and KD. tell us that Dhavalas
