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UDDEŠA 2 ] सवृत्तिकः कविदर्पणः
131 into two or more parts at the place where the Yati is introduced, particularly so, when even the Antya Yamaka is employed at the same place. These parts, then, in course of time, assume the form of independent Pādas, so that the former Dvipadi is turned into a Catuspadi or a Şațpadi. The example of the Gāthā is instructive in this respect; as a Sanskrit metre it is only a Dvipadi and like the Varna Vsttas, its Yati is laid down. As a Prakrit metre its Yati became very pronounced and when Yamaka also came to be introduced occasionally at that place, as for example in the Gathās 2, 35, 36 and 37 of the Ajita-Santi Stava in Appendix III, each Pada came to be divided into two and so the Gāthā became a Catuspadi as understood by the Kavidarpana, and
rightly interpreted by its commentator. See Introduction, para 9. Vv. 4-8 : These stanzas define a Gāthā and its varieties, namely Pathyā,
Vipulā and Capalā. In his introductory remarks, the commentator rightly describes the Gāthā as a Catușpadi following the Kavidarpaņa as shown in para 9 of the Introduction. But, as he unconsciously follows Hemacandra, he remarks a little further, dalagrahaņāt asyām na pāda-vyavastha : 'There is no division into Pādas or quarters in this metre since the Dala or the half alone (and not a Pāda) is mentioned
(by the author in his definition)'. Remembering, however, that he had described the Gāthā as a Catuspadi, he then quotes the view of Trilocanadāsa, according to whom the Gathā has 4 Pādas or quarters, even though his view is introduced as the view of ke-cit, which ex
pression usually indicates the writer's dissatisfaction with it. Vy. 4-5: 'In the first Dala or Half, there are 7 Caturmātras (muni-ță) and
a long letter; among these, a Jagaņa does not occur at odd places, but at the sixth place, only those Caturmātras which have a Dvimātra in their middle (i.e., those which have a short letter at either end), namely, the Madhya-guru and the Sarva-laghu, can occur. On the other hand, in the 2nd half, there occurs only a single short letter at the sixth place; the rest is similar. That is the Gāthā. Here, in the upper half, effect a pause from the 2nd short letter when the 6th (Gana) consists of a Nagana and a Laghu (i.e., of 4 short letters), but from the 1st short letter, if the 7th is so. Similarly, in the lower half, do the same (i.e., effect a pause) from the 1st short letter when the 5th Gana consists of a Nagana and a short letter.' The directions in v. 5 are intended to lay down that a new word must begin with the 2nd short letter in the 6th Caturmātra of the first half when it consists of all short letters, but when the 7th Caturmātra in the first half and the 5th Caturmātra in the second half similarly consist of all short letters,
