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illustration of the author, this option is exercised only in the case of the 1st long letter of the Ragana in the first Pāda. Our author's definition closely follows the wording of Hemacandra, who defines Māgadhi among the Sanskrit metres derived from the Vaitālīya at Chandonuśāsana 3.62. Among the Prakrit Ardhasama Catuspadis, Hemacandra defines the same metre under the name Vasantarekhikā at Chandonusāsana 6.19, 54. At this last place, the 2nd long letter of the usual Ragana in the third Pāda only is substituted by 2 short ones in the illustration. The option of using 2 short for one long letter at the end of each Päda was very probably not generally exercised in
view of the general rule mentioned at Kavidarpana 1.4 above. Vv. 19-20 : Four Caturmätras, but never with a Jagana at the commence
ment, where a long letter stands at the end and the 9th (Mātrā) is (represented by) a short letter, (make) a Mātrāsamaka; and when the 5th and the 8th (Mātrās) are similarly (represented by) short letters, it is Viśloka. It is Citrā when even the 9th (Mātrā) is so represented by a short letter) ; (when) the 9th and the 12th (Mātrās) are (represented by) short letters, it is Vānavāsikā. Upacitrā is that in which the 9th (Mātrā) is represented by a long letter (together with the 10th), while Pādākulaka (is made) with the Pādas of all these.' These stanzas define the six metres of the Mātrāsamaka group, each of which has 4 Caturmātras in a Pāda, but the position of the short or long letters in them is variously fixed. In none of these again, the 1st Caturmātra shall be a Jagana, and the last letter must be a long one, in all. In his illustrations of the first five, the author introduces the name of the metre, which means that he has composed them for the occasion, while for the last he quotes a stanza from
some old author. Vy. 21-32 : 'Four Trimātras and a Caturmātra make a Muktavalikā; a
Şaņmātra, 2 Caturmātras and a Dvimātra, on the other hand, make a Vadana. This last is called Madilā when it has one common ending rhyme in all the four Pādas and Adilā when it has the same ending rhyme, separately in the first two and the last two Pādas. Paddhatikā has 4 Caturmātras; but in the last we may have only those (Caturmatras) which have a Dvimātra in their middle (i.e., the Madhyaguru and the Sarva-laghu), and a Jagana must not be used for an odd Gana. Two Caturmātras, and a Pañcamātra make a Khanda, while four Pañcamatras make a Madanāvatāra.' Of these five metres Muktavalikā is not defined by any other author so far as I know;
