help with identifying a metre

Martin Gansten Martin.Gansten at TEOL.LU.SE
Fri Oct 10 10:56:05 UTC 2003


>mama bhavatu mara.na.m maatu sthitasya dharme vizuddhabhaavasya /
>na tu jiivitena kaarya.m sajjanadhikk.rtena mama //
>svargasya dharmalopo yato bhavati jiivitena ki.m tena /
>mama mara.nahetunaa vai budhaparibhuutena dhikk.rtena //
>
>Despite my efforts (feeble as they may be), if this is indeed in
>verse, I cannot identify the metre. Any suggestions?

This looks like some sort of Arya metre (based on the number of matras
rather than syllables), though I can't identify the exact variety.

Martin Gansten





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