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सटीको वृत्तजातिसमुच्चयः
or Dohā. This seems to have been a very popular metre of Apabhramśa poetry, especially before the rise of narrative poetry in that language. See Prakṛta and Apabhramsa Metres, Classified List p. 32, IX. 18.
[BRIEF NOTES
Vv. 32-34 Aḍila is a common name given to any metre which is composed in the Abhiri language, whether it is Sama or Ardhasama; it must, however, have rhymed Pādas. V. 32 is in the Kavya metre with 24 Mātrās in a line, which is, however, not defined by Virahānka in this work. See Präkṛta and Apabhramsa Metres, Classified List, p. 24, III. 131. V. 33 is unknown to the commentator; it contains 16 Mātrās in each of its 4 Pādas, distributed as 4, SIS, ISS, II. Here all the Pādas have a common rhyme, while in v. 34 the two halves have two different rhymes. According to the remark at the end of the stanza, the metre is Narkuṭaka with 20 Mātrās (or 21) distributed as 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2 (or 3), where the Caturmätra at the 3rd Amśa is a Madhyaguru, (ISI). This is similar to Subha in v. 97 below.
Vv. 35-36 Dhosā is the name given to a Gāthā when it is composed in the Māravādi language, which is an Apabhramśa dialect.
Vv. 37-38 Rāsaka is the name of a Lyric poem consisting of several stanzas composed in different metres, like Vistãritaka or Dvipadi and ending in a Vidārī. This seems to be a Prakrit Rāsaka different from the Apabhramśa Rāsaka which is defined in v. 38. This latter is composed in metres like Aḍilä, Dvipathaka, Mātrā, Radḍā and Dhosā. In v. 85 below a metre called Rasa is defined; it contains 16 Mātrās like the one in v. 37. Even here, as in the case of the Dvipadi, the strophic metre seems to have given its name to its initial constituent. Hemacandra on Chandonuśäsana V. 3 remarks that any Matrā Vṛtta is called Rāsaka when it is employed for constituting a Rāsābandha, i.e., the strophic Rāsa. In this connection he quotes a Prakrit stanza which means: 'All jātis are employed here in view of their constitution. Rāsābandha is indeed an elixir among the assemblies of elderly persons.' Both the metres employed by Virahanka for vv. 37 and 85 contain 16 Mātrās each in their Pādas and indicate the early beginning of the popularity of metres with 16 Mātrās in their Pādas among the Prakrit poets. See Apabhramśa Metres II, para 46 at Bombay University Journal, Nov. 1936, p. 55. Hemacandra considers Rāsaka as a peculiarity of Apabhramśa poetry; but Virahanka does not seem to think so, as he does not employ the Apabhramśa language for these illustrations. Hemacandra's special Rāsaka (cf. Chandonusāsana V. 3)
