Mahanisiha Studies And Edition In Germany

Author(s): Chandrabhal Tripathi
Publisher: Chandrabhal Tripathi

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Chandrabhal Tripathi
15.4 Cadence. 15.4.1 Completely different is the picture that emerges out of the statistics of the cadence, for which only LGGL/G in a/c and LGLL/G in b/d are allowed. Chap. VI: Unallowed cadence appears in a/c pādas in 69 cases, i.e. 32.7% of the total43, in b/d pādas in 14 cases, i.e. 6.8%; the cadence is thus wrong in 39.5% cases. Only in end-rhyme the author has made comparatively few mistakes. 15.4.2 Chap.I-II: "40 a/c pādas, i.e. 20%, and 23 b/d pādas, i.e. 11.5%, show an irregular cadence.45
15.5 Gāhā = āryā. 15.5.1 Hamm. The gāthā (gāhā) [āryā) appears in VI.30, 202, 250, 386-411; pathyā āryā are: VI.30, 202, 386-390, 395, 398-99, 401, 403, 405, 410-11; vipulā, otherwise correct, are: VI.391a, 392ab, 396ab, 397a, 402a (gūti), 404a, 408a. 15.5.2 Deleu. "The gāhā (āryā metre) is found in: 1.10, 37, 148, 208-211; II.105; III.3, 1638, 46-137. Among these thirty-three46 are gitis (b with 8 ganas like a), III.51 is an udgīti (b-a instead of a-b). The āryās are partly pathyā (60%), partly vipulā (40%), i.e. either they have caesura after the third gana or not. On the whole the gāhās are much more regular than the slokas (anușțubh]. The reason is that in the author's time the gāhā was the metre mainly used in commentaries and that, since he wanted to produce an archaic work, he had to use a metre far less familiar to him".
43 The deviations are: GGGG in 16 cases, LLGG in 12, GLLG in 11, LLLG in 8, LLGL in 7, GGGL in 4, LGLG in 4, GLLL/G in 4, and GGLL/G 3 cases.
44 GGLG in 6, LLLG in 5, LGGG in 2, and GGLL in 1 cases.
45 LGLLL/G in 7 a and 12 c pādas, LLLGL/G in 6 a and 5 c pādas, GGGGG in 4 a pādas, LLLLLG in 1 a pāda, GLLLLG in 1 a pāda, GLLLG in 1 a pāda, GGLGG in 1 a păda, GGLLL in 1 c pāda, LGGGL in 1 c pāda, GGLG in 7 b and 8 d pādas, LLLLG in 4 b and 3 d pādas, LGLGG in 1 b pāda.
46 The gitis are: 1.10, 211; II.105; III.3, 19, 27, 35, 37-38, 52-56, 58, 61, (68), 77, 82, 84-87, 89, 91, 93-94, 98, 104, 108, 114, 117, and 119.