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7. See Kşemendra's Dašāvatāracarita (Kavyamālā, No. 20,1930),
St. 173 (cited here in footnote 4). It eonsists of units of three Pādas measuring 16+16+10 mātrās. The units are in pairs, as the rhyming show. This feature also seems to be matched
by passage no. VI (p.216-217) of the Parātrimšikā-vitti. 8. We may note, however, a slight but rather striking departure
from normal Apabhramģa usage : Abhinavagupta seems to prefer mostly attānau for the standard appāņau; but Apabhramśa knows of several other doublets also in which -tta- and -ppa- alternate.
