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[BRIEF NOTES 74: "That Dandaka is called Candapāla where after an odd number of
short letters any number of Pañcamātras each of which has its short letter in the middle, is employed at will.? Here in the defining stanza
we have 11 such Pañcamātras coming after 5 short letters. 74. 1, 2: In the first illustration which describes the celebration of some
festival, there are only 8 Pañcamātras of the abovementioned type, while in the second, where we have a description of a harem, there
are only 10. In both the initial short letters are five. 75: "That Dandaka is called Simhavikrānta where after the initial five
short letters any number of Pañcamātras each of which has a short letter at its commencement, are employed at will.' Here both in the definition and the illustration there are 9 such Pañcamātras. This Dandaka should be compared with Simhakrida in v. 83 below; both have the common prefix simha which corresponds with the Pañcamātras that are common to them. In the Simhakrida
the initial short letters are absent; otherwise the two are identical. 75.1: Srikrsna was enjoying some sport with the Gopis in which he had
to be taken blind-folded with a heap of dust in his hands for dropping it at a particular place. Rādhā has her turn to take him so and when at the end of the sport she allows him to open his eyes, they enjoy
their fun. 76: 'That Dandaka is called Meghamālā when after two Şanmātras, of
which the first contains all short and the second all long letters, any number of Pañcamātras each of which has its short letter at the beginning are employed at will.' In the definition there are eight such Pañcamātras, while in the illustration (in which a black bee is said to be feeling uneasy in the absence of the Mālati flower and not being able to enjoy the juice of the other flowers in the spring), there are
only seven. 77: “That Dandaka is called Candavega where after a Şaņmātra which
contains all short letters any number of Pañcamātras each of which has its short letter at the beginning are employed at will.' In the definition there are ten, but in the illustration only nine such Pañca
mātras. The meaning of the verse is not very clear. 78 : 'That Dandaka is Mattamātangalilākara where all Pañcamātras each
of which has its short letter in the middle, are employed at will.' Here there are no initial short letters at all. Both the definition and the illustration contain nine such Pañcamātras each.
