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सटीको वृत्तजातिसमुच्चयः
[BRIEF NOTES
intended. The use of these two names will be usually made in the definitions of the 7 Gaṇasama Dvipadis.
NIYAMA II
V. 1: The technical name Dvipadi is given to a group of 4 stanzas, each containing 4 lines and followed by a Gitikā; thus it is a strophic metre where 4 stanzas of 4 lines each are followed by a Gitikā each.
V. 2: A Gītikā consists of 2 halves; in each of them there is a long letter (mani) at the end, a Pañcamātra (dhanu-sara) at the 3rd and the 7th Amśa, a Narendra or a Vipra Caturmatra at the 6th Amsa, and any one of the Caturmatras (joha, except the Narendra; cf. I. 22) at the remaining Amśas. It has thus 8 Amśas in each half and is a metre of 2 lines only.
V. 3: A variation of this pattern is given in this stanza; thus the 2 Pañcamātras (sara-sattidaṇḍa) which are used at the 3rd and the 7th Amsas, may be used optionally at the 2nd and the 4th Amsas, or at the 1st and the 5th ones. The commentator tells us that these Pañcamātras should be either Madhyalaghu or Caturthaguru as recommended at I. 30 above.
Vv. 4-5 Between the Vastuka and the Gitikā any one of the following 4 may be employed:-A Vidārī, an Ekkaka, a Dvipathaka or a Vistãritaka. A metre which is shorter than the Vastuka (the one which is used for the Dvipadi) is Vidārī; two lines make a Dvipathaka and one line makes an Ekkaka.
V. 6: A Vistäritaka is that metre which bears some resemblance with the Dvipadi but also differs from it in other respects. For further explanation of these terms, see Introduction, para 3.
V. 7: A Vidārī which is used after each Vastuka according to II. 4 serving as a common supplement to each of them and which is therefore repeated either in the same or in an almost identical form, is called Dhruvaka by the Visadharas.
V. 8: Bhujagadhipa, Salāhana and Vṛddha Kavi think that when such a Vidārī which assumes the form of a Dhruvakā is employed there is no need of employing a Gitikā after it for the formation of a strophic Dvipadi.
Vv. 10-16 Vv. 10-13 enumerate the 37 Mätra-Gana-sama Dvipadis; vv.
