Shakuntala verses

[McComas Taylor]

Many thanks Whitney - now I have to find someone to teach me how to sing 
them!

Yours

McComas

Whitney Cox wrote:
> Dear McComas,
>
> 1.1 is in sragdharaa
>
> 1.2 and 1.3 are both aaryaa (1.3 has the alternate scheme of
> sarvalaghu in the 6th caturmaatra).
>
> 1.4 is the Sanskrit chaayaa to a Maahaaraa.s.trii verse; the
> Prakrit original is also an aaryaa, if memory serves.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Whitney
>
>
>
> ---- Original message ----
>   
>> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:07:48 +1000
>> From: McComas Taylor <mccomas.taylor at ANU.EDU.AU>  
>> Subject: Shakuntala verses  
>> To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
>>
>> Dear Friends
>>
>> I was hoping some kind and knowledgeable person could help me
>>     
> identify 
>   
>> the metre of Shakuntala Act 1, verses 1,2,3 and 4.
>>
>> Many thanks in advance
>>
>> McComas
>>
>>
>> 1.
>> yaa sRSTih sraSTur aadyaa vahati vidhi.hutam yaa havir yaa ca
>>     
> hotrii
>   
>> ye dve kaalam vidhattah zruti.viSaya.guNaa yaa sthitaa
>>     
> vyaapya vizvam/
>   
>> yaam aahuh sarva.biija.prakRtir iti yayaa praaNinah praaNavantah
>> pratyakSaabhih prapannas tanubhir avatu vas taabhir aSTaabhir
>>     
> iizah //1//
>   
>> 2.
>> aa paritoSaad viduSaam na saadhu manye prayoga.vijnaanam /
>> balavad api zikSitaanaam aatmany apratyayam cetah //2//
>>
>> 3.
>> subhaga.salila.avagaahaah
>>     
> paaTala.samsarga.surabhi.vana.vaataah / 
>   
>> pracchaaya.sulabha.nidraa divasaah pariNaama.ramaNiiyaah //3//
>>
>> 4. 
>> iiSad.iiSac.cumbitaani bhramaraih sukumaara.kesara.zikhaani /
>> avatamsayanti damamaanaah pramadaah ziriiSa.kusumaani //4//
>>
>> (source:
>>     
> http://tiger.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/mtokunag/skt_texts/zakuntala.txt)
>   
>>
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>> Head, South Asia Centre
>> Faculty of Asian Studies
>> The Australian National University
>> ACTON ACT 0200
>>
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>>
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Dr McComas Taylor
Head, South Asia Centre
Faculty of Asian Studies
The Australian National University
ACTON ACT 0200

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