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ørutabodha by ørãmat Kàlidàsa
edited by
Vàsudev Laxmaõ Shàstrã Paõèãkar
(Bombay, 1906)
ørutabodha (Devanàgarã Edition) (16 pages, 93 KB)
Html Table of Contents
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Sanskrit Prosody
(Chandaþèàstra; VÔttaratnàkara; ørutabodha; Sanskrit Buddha-carita) PDF
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Sequential List of Metres |
Alphabetical List of Metres |
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âryà = 30 + 27 màtrà Gãti = 30 + 30 màtrà Upagãti = 27 + 27 màtrà Pàïkti = 5 syllables øaèivadanà = 6 syllables Madalekhà = 7 syllables øloka = 8 + 8 syllables Màõavakàkrãóa = 8 syllables Nagasvaråpiõã = 8 syllables Vidyunmàlà = 8 syllables Campakamàlà = 10 syllables Maõimadhya = 9 syllables Haüsã = 10 syllables øàlinã = 11 syllables Dodhaka = 11 syllables Indravajrà = 11 syllables Upendravajrà = 11 syllables Upajàti = 11 syllables âkhyànakã = 11 syllables Rathoddhatà = 11 syllables Svàgatà = 11 syllables Vaièvadevã = 12 syllables Toñaka = 12 syllables Bhujaïgaprayàta = 12 syllables Drutavilambita = 12 syllables Pramitàkùarà = 12 syllables Hariõãplutà = 11 + 12 syllables Vaüèasthavila = 12 syllables Indravaüèà = 12 syllables Prabhàvatã = 13 syllables Praharùiõã = 13 syllables Vasantatilaka = 14 syllables Màlinã = 15 syllables Hariõã = 17 syllables øikhariõã = 17 syllables PÔthvã = 17 syllables Mandàkràntà = 17 syllables øàrdålavikrãóita = 19 syllables Sragdharà = 21 syllables
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âryà = 30 + 27 màtrà âkhyànakã = 11 syllables Indravaüèà = 12 syllables Indravajrà = 11 syllables Upajàti = 11 syllables Upagãti = 27 + 27 màtrà Upendravajrà = 11 syllables Gãti = 30 + 30 màtrà Campakamàlà = 10 syllables Toñaka = 12 syllables Dodhaka = 11 syllables Drutavilambita = 12 syllables Nagasvaråpiõã = 8 syllables Pàïkti = 5 syllables Prabhàvatã = 13 syllables Pramitàkùarà = 12 syllables Praharùiõã = 13 syllables PÔthvã = 17 syllables Bhujaïgaprayàta = 12 syllables Madalekhà = 7 syllables Mandàkràntà = 17 syllables Maõimadhya = 9 syllables Màlinã = 15 syllables Màõavakàkrãóa = 8 syllables Rathoddhatà = 11 syllables Vaüèasthavila = 12 syllables Vasantatilaka = 14 syllables Vidyunmàlà = 8 syllables Vaièvadevã = 12 syllables øaèivadanà = 6 syllables øàrdålavikrãóita = 19 syllables øàlinã = 11 syllables øikhariõã = 17 syllables øloka = 8 + 8 syllables Sragdharà = 21 syllables Svàgatà = 11 syllables Haüsã = 10 syllables Hariõã = 17 syllables Hariõãplutà = 11 + 12 syllables |
A Note on this Edition
What follows is a transliteration of the text of ørutabodha as it appears in the edition by Paõèãkar, which was published in Bombay in 1906 (ørutabodha in this edition is attributed to ørã Kàlidàsa, but according to Monier-Williams (SED), it is elsewhere attributed to ørã Vararuci, so that it's exact authorship appears to be uncertain). The text is found alongside the same editor's edition of ørã Kedàrabhañña's VÔttaratnàkara, the main work in the book, and ørã Gaïgàdàsa's Chandomaÿjarã.
39 of the main metres in use in Sanskrit verse compositions are described in this work (these are also the main metres found in classical Pàëi verse texts), and it therefore acts as a handy reference work for anyone with an interest in the subject. Other works on prosody, like ørã Piügala's Chandaþèàstra, and ørã Kedàrabhañña's VÔttaratnàkara, provide a more comprehensive list that include metres that are found only occasionally in the literature.
For reference in this edition I have added in the metrical markings - note that here Û = a light syllable; and Ü a heavy syllable. I have also compiled a Table of Contents, and an Index arranged in the Sanskrit alphabetical order, and added a few notes to clarify certain points.
ânandajoti Bhikkhu
2003/2547