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LITERARY EVALUATION
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exceeds. In 14.72b 'miha' should be 'miham'. In 43.15 the 'bahave' should be corrected to 'bahavesu' for grammatical correctness and metrical regularity. In 106.1 three matras are wanted in the second foot.4
Types of Gathă proper A. Path yā" :--At the 12th mātrā of each line of the Gathā proper the
___word must terminate (See 6.2133; 48.77; 14.72; 43.15). B. Vipulas :-The above rule is not applicable to it (See 37.50%; 42.6). C. Sarvacapala?:-It has in both the lines the second and the fourth
gana in 121 scheme which is preceded and followed
by a guru (2) (See 33.96%; 48.121). D. Mukhacapalas :-It has the above scheme in the first line only. (See
20.100%; 21.67; 238). E. Jaghanacapatā";-It has the above scheme in the second line
only. (See 26.1;26.12,64,97;27.39;29.39;30.11) B Derived varieties of Gāthā:
The following Chandas are derived from the Gathā proper either by decreasing or increasing the number of mātrās in the first or the second or both the lines of the Gatha proper.
2. Gatha (Gahū)10:-It has 27 mātrā (33 minus 3) in the first line also; the caesura is at 12th mātra and the sixth gana is of one matra only (Ste 106.1). The firstll line of 53.115 and of 14.70 is defectivel2.
1. बहुजुवइसहस्सेहिं, न य पत्तो उवसमं मयणमूढो ।
सो विज्जाहरराया, गयो य नरयं अणियमियप्पा ।। ११८.१०५ मणगुत्ती वयगुत्ती तहेव कायस्स जा हवह गुत्ती। . एयाउ मुणिवरेणं निययमिह धारियव्वानो ॥ १४.७२ 3. अह मेहवाहणाई, रक्खसवंसे नरिन्दवसहेसु ।
कालेण ववगएसु, बहवे महाणुभावेसु ॥ ४३.१५ 4. कञ्चणनयराहिवई, कणय रहो (?) खेयरो सूरो।
. महिला तस्स सयहुया, दोण्णि य धूयाउ कन्नाप्रो ॥ १०६.१ 5. Op. Cit. GL, 18. 6. Ibid. See also-Apabhramsa Metres. II; vide p. 53 of the Journal of the
University of Bombay, Vol. 5, Pt. III, Nov., 1936. 7. GL, 19. 8. Ibid. 20. 9. Ibid. 10. I. PP, 52, 11. अह मारुई वि एन्तं, सरनिवहं रिऊण परिमुक्कं ।
छिन्दइ चलग्गहत्थो, गयणे निसियद्धचन्देहि ॥ ५३.११५ 12. हिंसालियचोरिक्का-मेहुणपरिग्गहस्स नियत्ती।
एयाइं पंचमहन्वयारिण समणाण भणियाणि ।। १४.७०
