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INTRODUCTION
grayi, which means that the third Gaņa in the lines of the Mātrāsamaka is Anta-guru, is equivalent to the Sūtra din i of the Ratnamañjūsā.
6. We shall now turn for a while to the origin, necessity and representation of the Mātrā Gaņas in the case of the Mātra Vrttas. As I have shown elsewhere', the metrical unit called Mātrā, i. e., Akşara Mātrā, determined with the help of a Kāla Mātrā, was devised evidently by the learned vercifiers, who had no ear for the Tala Sangīta of the Tāla Vrttas, but who tried to compose the musically more attractive popular metres of that class. They could not be negligent about the correct pronuncia. tion of short and long letters in the singing of their compositions, as was done, for example, by the popular bards. For these latter, 6 Compare samkhyā dadādih; pūranen; na vā I. 14-16. The following is a
comparative Table showing the Akşara Gaņas with their symbols devised by the Jānāśrayi, the Ratnamañjüşā and the Chandas-śāstra of Pingala :
A COMPARATIVE TABLE
(of Aksara Ganas) Jānāírayi Ratnamañjūşa
Chandas-sastra 1 गङ्गासू (सू) माया (यू)
गौ = SS 2 नदीजू (जू) नरौ (र)
लगौ = IS 3 चन्द्रपू (पू)
लालि (लू) 4 ननुर् (र) विव (व)
लौ%DII 5 न चरतिद् (द्) None
None = IIII 6 कमलिनीय (यू) None
None = IIIS 7 जयनरवरणू (णू) None
None = IIIIII 8 नूनंसाग (ऊ or ग्) मायाका (क् or आ)
धीश्रीस्त्रीम् (म्) SSS 9 कृशाङ्गीङ ( or डू) नरौचे (च् or ए)
वरासाय (यू) ISS 10 धीवराशू (ई or शू) लालितौ (त् or औ)
कागुहार (र)SIS 11 कुरुतेल (उ or लू) विवपी (पू or ई)
वसुधास् (स्) IIS 12 तेश्री:कबू (ए or बू) शाशाश (शू or अ)
सातेकत् (त्) SSI 13 विभातिक (इ or क्) विषेषु ( or उ)
कदासज् (ज) ISI 14 सातवत् (आ or त्) सस्वस (सू or )
किंवदभू (भ) SII 15 तरतिम् (अ or म्) हहहि (हू or इ)
नहसन् (न्) III 16 लोलमाला ( ओ or ) None
None 17 धैर्यमस्तुतेट् (ऐ or ) None
None 18 रौतिमयूरो (औ or ) None
None Jns. 1. 36-37: अन्तेन्त उक्तानि व्यञ्जनान्येषां संज्ञाः । आदिस्वरैश्व गादिसंज्ञाः। Jns. 1. 15-16: तो हभौ । तच्छेदो रगवत् । Ratnamanijausa 1.9-10: स्वरोन्त्यस्तदन्तस्य । व्यञ्जनं च।
Thus the Jānāśrayi uses the following vowels and consonants as symbols:अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऋ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ; क, ग, ङ, ज, ञ, ट, ण, त, द, प, ब, म, य, र, ल, श, ष, स, हand भ. Ratnamarijusd uses the vowels अ, आ. इ.ई, उ, ऋ, ए and औ, the consonants being क, च, त, प, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स and ह. 7 See Jayadāman, Introduction p. 24.
गलौ = SI
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