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METRE
vi
6
Madhubhāra (?)
13 16
Samkhanāri Samānikā
VII
Alillaha
1-4, 6-12, 14, 15.
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13
Dipaka Mañjutilakā
VIII 1-16
Pajjhatikā
It has eight mātrās in each foot ending
with a long (see above). (See above). A syllabic metre of eleven syllables in each foot alternately long and short (PP. page 372). (See above) Espections : 1,7,8,9; 2,7; 3, 1, 7; 4,2, 4; 8,6; 11, 1, 2, 3; 12, 1, 2; 14, 15, 8; 15,5, 6, 7, 9. These twenty lines end with a long mätrā and therefore, belong to Pādākulaka '(see above). ( See above) It has twenty mātrās in each foot with the scheme one short followed by a Ta-gana, at the end, except line 7 where the feet end with a Na-gana. The measure could not be traced in the Prāksta Piñgala, but it is illustrated in the Chandah-prabhākara. p. 55, where, however, it shows a Ja-gana at the end. (See above). Exceptions : -1, 6, 7, 3, 12; 4, 8; 6, 3, 12;
14; 7, 2, 8, 9, 8; 10, 2; 12, 2; 13,3; 15, 2, 4, 10, 12. These 17 lines end with a Na-gana and
hence are Alillaha. (See above Expections : -1, 11; 4, 10; 6,3; 7. 7; 9,8;
10, 11 ; 11, 1, 2; 12, 3, 5; 22, 2, 5. These twelve lines end with a long mātrā
and hence are Pädakulaka. A syllabic metre of twelve syllables in four
Ja-ganas in each foot (PP. page 451 ). (See above It shows Ra-gana at the end of each foot
of 16 mātrās (see above). It has twenty mātrās in each foot with a
long and short at the end, with the exception of lines 8 and 14 where we get
a Na-gana. See VII, 13, above. - LXI -
IX 1-15; Alillaha
19, 22-25.
16
Mottiyadāma
17
18
Samkhanāri Pādākulaka
20
Manjutilakā
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