help with identifying a metre
    Roland Steiner 
    steiner at MAILER.UNI-MARBURG.DE
       
    Fri Oct 10 11:21:37 UTC 2003
    
    
  
As I already wrote Jonathan Silk off-line, the four lines are indeed composed in the Aaryaa
metre (with minor defects):
v = short syllable or 1 maatraa
- = long syllable or 2 maatraa-s
mama bhavatu mara.na.m maatu sthitasya dharme vizuddhabhaavasya /
v v v v v [!] / v v - / - -  // v - v / - - / v - u / - - / -
na tu jiivitena kaarya.m sajjana<jana>dhikk.rtena mama //
v v - / v - v / - - // - v v / <v v> - / v / - v v / -
svargasya dharmalopo yato bhavati jiivitena ki.m tena /
- - / v - v / - -  //  v - v / v v - / v - v / - - / -
mama mara.nahetunaa vai budhaparibhuutena dhikk.rtena //
v v v v / v - v / - -  // v v v v / - - / v / - v - [!] / -
or to be analysed as : v v v v / v - v / - -  // v v v v / - - / v  - v / -  - / [!] (Giiti)
With kind regards,
Roland Steiner
    
    
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