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TABLE OF CONTENTS
pp.
1 Preface by the General Editor. ...
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.2 Introduction : (Figures within brackets refer to paragraphs.)
General nature of the contents of the work (1); enumeration of metres to be defined in the work and other preliminaries (2); the strophic Dvipadi and its constituents; the difference between the Gīti and the Gītikā (3); prevalence of the strophic metres suggest the existence of lyric and the absence of narrative poetry at the times (4); the ge.jesis of the name Dvipadi (5); Gāthā and the metres derived from it; important Sama and Ardhasama Catuspadis, Pañcapadi Mātrā and eleven strophic metres (6); fifty Varna Vrttas (7); six Pratyayas; Suci and Meru Prastāras (8); Patākā Prastāra (9); Samudra and Viparīta Samudra Prastāras (10); Pātāla, Sālmali and Viparīta Śālmali Prastāras (11); meaning of the term Prastāra (12); Naşta and Uddişta of Varņa Vrttas (13); the same of Mātrā Vșttas (14-15); Laghukriyā, the fourth Pratyaya (16); Samkhyā the fifth (17); Adhvan the last one; some inrerences about . the age of the work from it (18); the author and his age inferred from several considerations (19); the commentator Gopāla (20); mss. of the work on which the present edition is based. ... ... ... ..
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3 Additions and Corrections
xxx-xxxii
4 Text and Commentary of Vșttajātisamuccaya
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5 Index of Sanskrit Metres (Varna Vịttas) 6 Index of Prākrit Metres (Mātrā Vịttas)
108-110
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113-116
7. Glossary of Technical Terms ... ... ... 8 Index of Prakrit Stanzas ... ... ... ... ... ... 9 Index of Quotations in the Commentary 10 Appendix I : Differences between readings of the Text and
the Chāya as given in the commentary
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