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Story of Rāma in Jain Literature
in each line; and in the same canto in the middle he employs the Pañca-camara (vv. 107-11a). Io Canto XXVIII.47-5) be uses the Galitaka06. Varśasthavila, Sarabha (or Sarabha)107 and Toțaka respectively.
He uses a variety of metres for the closing verses of the various cantos as shown below : Giti
: 16,109 9610'(embodying Yamaka) Gahini! 10 Or Gāhini
: 116 Or Gathini Skandhaka!!! :48, 79, 102, 103, 108, 110, 111, 112, 114, 117. Āryāskandhaka'!? : 115 Galitaka
: 52113
lengthen or shorte 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 : XXXIU.32 Tour, XXXIII.101 , XXXV.13 HIŠ
XXXVII.37 पेच्छम, XLI.23 साहरेमी, LXXVI.26 निसेवसू, etc. (ii) Shortening of a vowel : XXXIII.1 5750 (for 751), XXXV.31 C# (for Tal?),
XXXVIII.32 TET (for TTT). (iii) Nasalization : 1 (for * ) in XXXU1.44, XXXIV,4, etc. Tag ( nasalization
and metrical protraction of 7) in XXXV.68, XLIV.20, XLVII.39, etc. (iv) Denasa lization : ga (for qi) in XXXIV.28. (v) Verse-fillers : in I.14, CXIII.29, in LXI11.16
In addition to these, we find that some lines involve the flaw called yatibhanga, e. 8.,
XXXV.73b, CXVIII.119a. 106 The normal Galitaka has 21 Mátrai ji a quarter and is characterized by Yamaka at tne
end. För t're doinition of Gilitaka ani its varieties read Hemacan dra's Chandonuša sana,
IV.17f. 107 For th: definition of Sarabhı or Sarabia, 522 Prakrit-Painzalam, pp. 494-496, Bibliotheca
Indica edition, Calcutta, 1900, 103 Hore oiwirdi tie fiz 1133 stan) for the chacluding verses of the corresponding cantos.
Thus the figure 16 represents Canto XV1.90. 109 In XCVI.49, the first quarter is metrically defective as it contains 14 Matras instead of 12. 110 For the definition of Gahiņi (ni or Gathini (according to Hamacandra) see Prakrit-Pain
galam, pp. 126, 127 (edition noted above). 111 For the definition of Skandhaka, see Prakrit-Paingalam, pp, 129-130. 112 The first half or the verse has 27 Matrās, the second half, 32 Mātrās. 113 This verse presents 23 Matras in the first quarter and 22 Maträs in the other three quar
ters, and is taken here as a variety of Galitaka (with 22 Matras).
