Mahanisiha Studies And Edition In Germany

Author(s): Chandrabhal Tripathi
Publisher: Chandrabhal Tripathi

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15.6 Additional Remarks 15.6.1 Hamm's further remarks are: VI.393, a giti, in pāda b the 7th gaṇa has 5 morae; in vs.394, a vipulā, the 5th gaña is amphibrachys; in vs.400, a giti, pāda b vipulā, patthie is to be deleted; in vs.406, pāda b, the 7th gana has 3 morae; in vs.407, vipulā, pāda b, 3rd gana has 5 morae. VI.151 is in vamsastha metre. 15.6.2 Deleu remarks further: (1) "In a number of verses47 we find extrametrical additions. (2) Metri causa we must read: paunjamāņ' aiyare (I.210), etc.48 (3) Note the metrical shortening in yaņanti and vavaņi (III.63), shaviyā, i.e. oviyā, vejjā (III. 119). (4) Twice we meet LGG/LG instead of LGL/GG in the 6th and 7th gaņa, namely in the a-lines of III.54 and 118. Cf. G/LG instead of L/GG in the 6th and 7th gaña of III.28b. (5) The 6th gaņa in III.77b (... puņo vi bhamadejjā) and the 5th gaña in III. 120a (but cf. reading of Ms.K) have only three instead of four morae. The 7th gana in 1.37b and the 3rd gaña in III.56b (but cf. reading of Ms.K) have five instead of four morae. (6) Note that the rule for -him/-hi [in anusțubh, see e.g. I.11d, 157, 160 and 174 (sallehim), 189, etc.) applies also to the gāhās, as e.g. in I.148, III.16a, 32a (indehim), 46a, etc. The same applies to -äim in aidūsahāim dukkhāim (III.67a). (7) The cadence is defective in 1.211 (dhammoo... "nejjā: influenced by śloka?) and at the end of III.127a (quotation). (8) Other metres in quotations are: 1.11 sragdharā, 1.36 and 195 two indravajrās, and II.147 vamśastha. There are a few licences [in these verses)".
15.7 Hamm: In nutshell one can say that the author is lacking in competence in and an intention for metrics. In using words he makes no choice, hence many of his pādas remain defective.
47 They are 1.10 (jam); II.105 (dukkaya); III.3 (sa), 24 (agga and Kancana), 38 (tu), 56 (iti), 58 (Goyama etc.), 68 (akkhayam, the verse is a giti ifti is ommitted), 79 (mahanta; read tatth' ev' abhu), 92 (parinene), 94 (kammam and jogga), 105 (pavara), 110 (gahan).
48 Further examples are: tahā (1.211), duccittānam and tavenam ajhoo (II.105), ārāhage saranne (? III.27), ddūriddam nāma (III.30), gurunam (III.34), muthāna and sakāra (III.35), so instead of davva-tthao (? III.37), thān' esiyavva vise and c' anusheyam (III.48), na param (III.58), puffhānassa (III.68), nivvattanti (III.87), nighosā with [Ms.) K (III.89), dahai and jhāņa (II1.94), sattān' anuo (III.108), bārasa for duvālasa (III.113), jhāna (III.114), sajjhāya (III.117), ppāvāna (III.121), ddhūma and kārane with K (III.131), pāne (III.132).