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is of eight kinds (in the opinion of) Pingala. Who is able to define it in detail ?' His statement that Saitava admitted only four Vipulās is quite correct, since the 7th letter can be short in the odd Pādas, only when the bha, ta, ja and na Ganas are used for the three letters (5th, 6th and 7th) and these alone make the Vaktra a Vipulā. But his remarks about Pingala are not quite accurate; for, in addition to the six Vipulās of our author, we may admit the Ja-Vipulā on the strength of the word ca in Sūtra 5.19 (even though Halāyudha understands only the Ma-Vipula and the Sa-Vipula by the force of the same word), yet we can have only seven Vipulās, the Ya-Vipulā being expressly called by him the Pathyā in Sūtra 5.14. Svayambhu's treatment of the metre is much different; he mentions only five kinds of it, namely, Vaktra, Suvaktra, Pathyā, Pathyā Vaktra and Capalā Pathyā. In a Vaktra, the 5th is a short letter and is followed by three long ones; in a Suvaktra, both the 5th and the 7th are short (the 6th and the 8th being long). In a Pathyā ihe odd Pādas are like those of the Vaktra and the even ones like those of the Suvaktra, while, in the Pathyā Vaktra just the opposite takes place, i.e., the even Pādas are like those of the Vaktra and the odd ones like those of the Suvaktra. In the Capalā Pathyā, the 5th, 6th and the 7th letters are short in the odd Pādas, while the 5th and the 7th alone are short in the even ones (the 6th and the 8th being long as in the case of the Pathyā). Here in the Kavidarpana, the six Vipulās are defined and illustrated in vv. 122-127. Illustration 122.1, 124.1, 125.2, 3, and 127.1, 2, 3 are quoted by Halāyudha and even by Hemacandra, while 125.1 and 127.1 are given by Hemacandra alone. 126.1 seems to be reproduced from Halāyudha, 123.3 and 127.5 are from Māgha (2.44, 49), 123.1 is found even in the Kávyaprakāśa and 122.3 is certainly from the Uttararāmacarita of Bhavabhūti. *124.2 is already
quoted in the Dhvanyaloka (NSP. ed.), p. 49. V. 128 : This verse defines the Vişama Vștta called Padacatururdhva and
the commentator supplements by defining the Pratyāpida, Āpida, Kalikā, Lavali and Amstadhārā, all of which are obtained by a little
manipulation from the Padacaturürdhva. Vy. 129-130: These two stanzas similarly define the Udgatā and the
Upasthitapracupita, both of which are Vişama Vșttas. Even here, the commentator defines the derivatives of these two; they are thus, Saurabhaka and Lalita from the former and Vardhamāna and Suddhavirādrsabha from the latter. Two more Vişama Vșttas, namely, Saumy, and Jyotis are given by the commentator. In the former, the
