Sambodhi 1998 Vol 22

Author(s): Jitendra B Shah, N M Kansara
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

Page 45

HAMPA NAGARAJAIAH
SAMBC
34
abounding in shining curls swarms of bees coveting the flowers showerec the gods move about in the shape of a cluster by clouds APPENDIX - B Anustubh slöka is actually Gāyatrı, extended by another päda, thus it has pādas(verse-lines) each It has many varieties, the most popular variet characterised by1 The fifth syllable in each pada being laghu', and the sixth being 'guru 1 The seventh syllable being 'guru' in the first and the third pādas, and la
in the second and fourth pädas (pamcamam laghu sarvatra sashtam guri śloka is so popular in Sanskrit that it very much dominates the epics and 1 Sanskrit kāvyas, it is prevalent even in Purānas, Sāstras, dictionaries and in inscriptions Even though there are references and examples in Kann immitating and assimilating this Sanskrit sloka style, it did not become pop in Kannada literature Arya is a type of four line verse which consists of 30 mātrās in the first and 27 mäträs (a prosodical unit in Indian literature) in the second half, thus totally consists of 57 mätrās Aryä yrtta is also called as Gäthā vrtta Prākrit language the same Aryä (Gathā) Vrtta, enhanced by seven more māt became a verse of 64 mātrās
Kannada poets adopted this Arya (Gathā) model and, though they retained form, they changed the name from 'Arya-Gathā' into 'Kamda' Kannada p mostly preferred this kamda metre to all other forms of verses and 1 Kannada poetry is abounding in kamda metre APPENDIX - C ABBREVIATIONS
BLR = Benjamin Louis Rice, who edited the volumes C = Century EC = Epigraphia Carnatika and its Volumes El = Epigraphia Indica and its Volumes IAP = Inscriptions of Andhra Pradesh
IWG = Inscriptions of western Gangas, ed, Ramesh, K. V, 1984 KI = Karnatak Inscriptions, and the numbers succeeding indicate the numt