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सवृत्तिकः कविदर्पणः
[BRIEF NOTES
first half contains all long letters, and the second half has all short nes. In the latter, the position is exactly opposite; cf. Pingala, Chandassūtra 4.50, 51 for the last two metres. Saumyā is otherwise called Anangarkridā by others.
UDDEŠA V
V. 1: Vaitāliya group belongs to the category of Ubhayachandas; this
chapter treats of these metres. In the odd Pādas 6 Mātrās, in the even ones 8 Mātrās; thereafter, a Ragana (SIS), a short and a long letter (in both). That is the Vaitāliya. In the 8 Mātrās (of the even Pādas) 6 short letters in succession must not occur; in both (again) an even Mātrā must not combine with the successor (so as to form a long
letter).' V. 2: The Ancients call that itself Aupacchandasaka when a Yagana
stands at the end of the Ragana. In other words, Vaitāliya becomes Aupacchandasaka by the addition of a long letter at the end of every Pāda. Some authors spell the name as Aupacchandasika.
V. 3: "(It itself becomes) Āpătalikā owing to a Bhagana and two long
letters (following it), in place of the Ragana, a short and a long letter).'
V. 4: 'If a long letter is introduced after 3 Mātrās in the even Pādas (of a
Vaitālīya), it is called Pracyikā.' This same applies to the Aupacchandasaka and the Apātalikā also; so that we have three kinds of the
Prācyikā, which is also known as Prācyavștti. V.5: 'It is called Udicyikā if a long letter is similarly introduced after the
initial Mātrā in the odd Pādas.' The reading of the manuscript is corrupt, visame being expected in place of samesu. In Udicyikā the even Pādas are those of a Vaitāliya itself. Like the Prācyikā this too is of three kinds, being possible in the case of the Aupacchandasaka
and the Apātalikā. The metre is otherwise known as Udicyavștti. V. 6: Similarly, a mixture of the Pādas of these two earlier metres
(Prācyikā and Udicyikā) is called Pravșttaka.' This too is of three kinds, being possible in the Vaitālīya as well as in the Aupacchandasaka
and the Apātalikā. 7.7: Aparāntikā arises from the even Pädas of all (these Metres). This
metre is naturally a Mātrā-Sama Vrtta and can be had from the three main metres as also from their derivatives. Thus we get three
