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classification. Padya i.e. verse has four padas or lines and is again either in vṛtta i.e. metres based on akṣara-yojanā such as mālinī, hariṇī, sragdhara and the like, or in 'jāti' i.e. such composition where mātrās of short and long letters are taken into consideration. K.D. I. 11 observes :
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"padyam gadyam ca miśram ca tat tridhaiva vyavasthitam, padyam catuspadi tac ca vṛttam jātir iti dvidhā." (I. 11)
The prabha commentary (pp. 13, B.O.R.I. Edn. Poona, '70) explains that the emphasis - "eva-kara" is to rule out any other variety. "evam tri prakarakam eva tad vyavasthitam prācīna-sūribhir nirūpitam. evakāro bhedántara-vyavacchedárthaḥ." Prabha further observes caturṇām padānām samāhāraś catuṣpadī. dvigor iti sūtreņa ādantatvāt ņip. pada-catusṭayā"tmakam padyam ity arthaḥ. dvi-tri-padaparimitānām cchandasām vedeṣv eva darśanāc catuṣpadīti kathanam laukikavṛttánurodhena iti kecit. anye tu catuspadity upalakṣaṇam etat. tena pañca-ṣatpādānām vṛttānām api samgrahaḥ. tac ca padyam vṛttam jātir iti dvi-prakārakam. akṣara-samkhyātam vṛttam, mātrā-samkhyātā jātiḥ. tad uktam
tatra
cchandomañjaryām
padyam catuspadi tac ca vṛttam jātir iti dvidhā,
vṛttam akṣara-samkhyātam
jātir mātrākṛtā bhavet." - iti.
tatra
sama'rdha-sama-viṣamāņi vṛttāni krameņa sragdhara-puspitāgrāvaitālīyā"dīni. ārya-gītīty ādayo jātayaś ca."
Dandin observes that in cchandoviciti - i.e. such works viz. cchandaḥ sastra as laid down by Pingala-muni, as explained in Prabha (pp. 14, ibid), the fuller discussion is available.
Dandin is more logical and cancels the fifth class in the fourth set as given by Bhāmaha viz. anibaddha or stray verse. Danḍin observes that these, viz. the stray verse and its smaller or bigger collection are forms derived from sargabandha i.e. Mahākāvya and therefore need not be separately mentioned. Thus K.D. I. 13 says:
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