Sardulavikridita metrics

[Paul Kiparsky]

Ictus on syllables 3, 6, 8, 12, 14, 17, 19 --- you can hear a brief  
example of the traditional way it is recited at http:// 
pantheon.yale.edu/~asd49/sound/

For the theory, see Ashwini Deo, The metrical organization of  
classical Sanskrit verse, Journal of Linguistics 43.63-114 (2007).  
This is really essential reading for anyone interested in Sanskrit  
metrics.

On Deo's analysis, Śārdūlavikrīḍita is one of the rhythmically  
most complex and interesting meters (p. 109).  Like some other  
popular meters, such as Mandākrāntā, it has seven feet that shift  
from tetramoraic to pentamoraic at the caesura, with the final foot  
catalectic, in addition (unlike Mandākrāntā) also anacrusis in the  
first foot.

Paul Kiparsky






On May 17, 2009, at 4:10 AM, Michael Slouber wrote:

> Dear Indology list members,
>
>   Is there more to know about the Śārdūlavikrīḍita meter than  
> ma-sa-ja-sa-ta-ta-ga (12-7 x 4 lines)?  Are any vipulas allowed?   
> In a manuscript I am working on I have a verse with 5 lines in  
> Śārdūlavikrīḍita.  Is this common? (I have never seen it  
> before)  If there is a resource with extended discussion of this  
> meter can you direct me to it?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Michael Slouber
> PhD Candidate
> South and Southeast Asian Studies
> UC Berkeley