Setubandha

Author(s): Krishnakant Handiqui
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad

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INTRODUCTION
Malagalitaka
The Malagalitaka, described by Hemacandra 4.33, has -in each pada fortysix mātrās consisting of an initial group of six mātrās followed by ten Caturmatra Gaņas, subject to the Madhyaguru rule mentioned in connection with the Ugragalitaka (see above).
Setu verses 7.59,61 are examples of the Malagalitaka. It may be noted that in the verse 7.61 the second pada has fortyseven matras in Ramadasa's text. The reading of ms. C of Goldschmidt mahiharahao for mahiharahihao avoids the metrical difficulty. The other verse 7.59 has two cases of overlapping of Caturmatras. The sixth and seventh Catur. matras in the second pada, and the first and second in the third pada do not divide into equal groups, the division of the mātrās being 5,3 owing to the presence of a long letter at the junction of the two Caturmatras in both pādas. Sundarä
The Sundara metre, defined by Hemacandra 4.36, has thirteen mātrās in each pada, the order of the Ganas being 5, 5, 3. It is the metre of Setu 9.43, 44, 47, 50. In 9.47 we have to treat the conjunct gga in -ggaha as unstressed (ativraprayatna) to maintain the regularity of the matragaņas. Ramadasa in his gloss on Setu 9.47 calls the metre Sundari, but says nothing about its characteristics. It may be added that the Yamakas in the four verses mentioned above go beyond the prosodical requirement, and extend to the pādas as a whole, the first pada agreeing with the second, and the third with the fourth. For example,
असुरवन्दिसाहारण असुरखं दिसाहारणं । सूरअं तमणिवालअं सूरअन्तमणिवालअं || 950