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1.74-84) स्वयंभूच्छन्दः
197 78.1: Lord Siva residing on the cremation ground is praised here as
dancing in the appropriate surroundings. 79: “That Dandaka is called Anangaśekhara where short and long letters
y each other in succession any number of times at will.' In the definition as in the illustration we have fourteen pairs of this type. The illustration contains a Rūpaka in which the face of his beloved is
fancied by the lover to be a lotus. 80: "That (Dandaka) is called Aśokapuspamañjarī where all Trimātras
each having its short letter at the end, are employed at will.? Both the definition and the illustration contain fourteen such Trimātras. In the illustration an army of the enemy which is imagined to be a deep river infested with sharks and crocodiles, is said by a girl to be cross
ed by her lover with only a sword in hand. 81: "That (Dandaka) is called Kusumāstaraṇa where all Caturmätras
each having its long letter at the end are employed (at will).' Here as in the last two cases, there are no initial short letters. But there is an essential difference between this and the next Dandaka on the one hand and all the rest on the other and it is that of the Tāla in which they are to be sung. For the Tāla for the Dandakas which contain Pañcamātras is one of five Mātrās (or ten); but that for those which contain Caturmātras must be of four or eight Mātrās only. Here both in the definition and the illustration there are nine Caturmātras only.
The illustration describes the Autumnal season with all its grandeur. 82: “That (Dandaka) they call Bhujangavilāsa which has all Catur
mātras only, each of which has its long letter at the beginning, and
a pair of long letters at the end of all.' 82.1: 'Meritorous indeed is that man who enjoys sleep as much as he
likes in a lovely palace full of fragrance of the burning incense, on a bed covered with a charming bed-sheet, in the company of a bride who is deeply in love with him.'
83: "That Dandaka is called Simhakrida where any number of Pañca
mātras each of which begins with a short letter are employed at will.' See above v. 75 and note. In the definition we have nine such Pañcamātras; but in the illustration, we have eight in the first two lines and ten in the last two. The illustration contains a high-flowing praise of Jina with adjectives which deny all short-comings and defects.
84: "That Dandaka is called Kāmabāņa where all Pañcamātras each of
which has its short letter at the end, are employed (at will), except
