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सवृत्तिकः कविदर्पणः
[BRIEF NOTES
the Dohaka and its derivatives, where the rhyme is of the even Pādas and rarely also of the odd Pādas among themselves. Gāthā and its derivatives are not regular Catuspadīs, though our author has treated them as Catuspadis all along, and hence there is generally no rhyme in them; there are indeed some exceptions as in the case of the Ajita-Santi-Stava vv. 2, 35, 36, 37 (App. III), but they are generally rare. Anuprāsa is a special feature of Apabhramśa poetry and the Gāthā is essentially a Prākrit metre. Even the metres of two Pādas like the Ullāla and others have this peculiarity, as they are Apabhramsa
metres. Vv. 27-28 : '(There are) two Pañcamātras, 1 Caturmātra and a short letter
in the 1st, 3rd and the 5th Pädas, the Caturmātras in the 3rd and the 5th Pādas being only those that have a Dvimātra in their middle; (while) in the 2nd and the 4th Pādas (we have) a pair of Caturmātras and a Trimātra. This Mātrā, whose first half consists of the first) three Pādas and whose 3rd and 5th Pädas rhyme together, is of various kinds.' This normal Mātrā of our author does not agree with that of either Hemacandra or the author of the Chandahkandali whom the commentator quotes; see Introduction, para 11. The normal Mātrā of the Chandahkandali seems to be the same as that of Hemacandra, i.e., containing respectively 16, 12, 16, 12 and 16 Mātrās in their Pādas as against that of our author which has 15, 11, 15, 11, and 15 Mātrās, respectively, in their Pādas. This is concluded from the word samacaraṇa-nihana-tagane 'in the last tagaña, i.e., Caturmätra, occurring in the even Pādas', which evidently refers to the 3rd and not the 2nd Caturmātra in those Pādas. The five divisions of the normal Mātrā of the Chandahkandali are as follows:-When the 1st Caturmātra in the 2nd and the 4th Pādas is replaced by a Pañcamātra either severally or jointly, the Mātrā is called Mattabālikā thus having 16, 13, 16, 13 and 16 Mātrās in its Padas. When the 3rd Caturmātra in these same Pādas is similarly replaced by a Trimātra, severally or jointly, it is called Mattamadhukarikā, which has 16, 11, 16, 11 and 16 Mātrās in its Pādas. We have probably to read cagane for tagane in the 3rd line of the quotation from the Chandahkandalī as ta stands for a Pañcamātra and not a Trimātra according to the Chandahkandali and the Kavidarpana. On the other hand, if the two Pañcamātras at the commencement of the 3rd and the 5th Padas are replaced by two Caturmātras, severally or jointly, it is called Mattavilāsini whose Pādas have thus 16, 12, 14, 12 and 14 Mātrās in them. Similarly, if the Caturmātra in these same Pādas is replaced by a Pañcamātra, severally or jointly, it is called
