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METRES IN THE PAUMACHARIYA :
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Hala, Setubandha, etc." In Canto LI11.79 Vimalasuri uses the Dandaka with 84 syllables in each line; and in the same canto in the middle he employs the Pancha chāmre (vv. 107-113). In Canto XXVIII. 47-50 he uses the Calitakaa, Vamsasthavila, Sarabba (or Surabha) and Totaka respectively.
He uses a variety of metres for the closing verse of the various cantos as shown below: Giti
: 16*, 965 (embodying Yamaka) Gabini) or Gahini
: 11€ or Gāthin Skandhaka?
: 48, 79, 102, 103, 108, 110, 111, 112, 114, 117. Aryäskandhaka
: 115 Galituka
: 550 Indravajra
: 14, 21, 36, 64, 80, 83, 85, 91. Upendravajra
: 49, 60, 62, 63, 113. Upajati
: 4,9, 27, 32, 34, 40, 41, 43, 57, 69, 71, 81, 86, 89, 90, 104. 1. Some Ancient Jain Works-Modern Review, December, 1914.
It is, however, to be noted that metrical exigency forces the poet on many occasions, to lengthen or shorten a vowel, to nasalize or denasalize a letter or to use verse fillers. Here are given below only a few examples.
(i) Lengthening of a vowel : XXXIII, 32 TITUUT, XXXIII. 101 , XXXV. 13 . XXXVII 37 पेच्छस् , XLI. 32 साहरेमी, LXXVI. 26 निसेवपू, etc.
(ii) Shortening of a vowel : XXXIII. 1 3. (for Fal), XXXV, 31 g (for ?) XXXVIII. 32 grey (for feet).
(iii) Nasalization: (for c) in XXXIII. 44, XXXIV. 4, etc. (nasalization and metrical protraction of , in XXXV. 63, XLIV. 20, XLVII. 39, etc.
(iv) Denasalization: ya (for wa) in XXXIV. 28. (v) Verse-fillers : in 1.14, CXIII. 29, in LXIII. 16.
In addition to these, we find that some lines involve the flaw called Yatibhanga, e.g., XXV. 73b, CXVII. 119a. 2. The normal Galitaka has 21 Matras in a quarter and is characterized by Yamaka at the end.
For the definition of Galitaka and its varieties read Hemachandra's Chandonušāsana, IV. 71f. 3. For the definition of Sarabha or Sarabha, see Prakrit-Paingalan, pp. 494-496, Bibliotheca Indica
editition, Calcutta, 1900. 4. Here onwards the figures stand for the concluding verses of the corresponding cantos. Thus
the figure 16 represents Canto XVI. 90. 5. In XCVI. 49, the first quarter is metrically defective as it contains 14 Mitrās instead of 12. 6. For the definition of Gabini (ni) or Gathini (according to Hemachandra) see Prakrit-Paingalam,
pp. 126, 127 (edition noted above). 7. For the definition of Skandhaka, see Prakrit-Paingalash, pp. 129-130. 8. The first half of the verse has 27 Mātrās, the second half, 32 Mātrās. 9. This verse presents 23 Mātrās in the first quarter and 22 Mātrās in the other three quarters and
is taken here as a variety of Galitaka (with 22 Mätrās).
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