[INDOLOGY] Gita meter

[Niranjan Saha]

Dear Professor Deshpande,

I've found the attachment indeed helpful.


Best regards,
Niranjan Saha,
IIT (ISM) Dhanbad

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On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 4:45 PM, Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Hello Edwin,
>
>      In her article "The Mahabharata's Core" (1975), Mary Carroll Smith
> has argued that there was an ancient core of the Mahabharata in Triṣṭubh
> verses, which was later expanded by the addition of the narrative in
> Anuṣṭubh.  I am not sure how this would account for the metrical variation
> in the Bhagavadgita, but there is a suggestion from this article.
>
> Madhav Deshpande
> Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
>
> On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 7:00 AM, Edwin F. Bryant via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>>
>> Greetings everyone,
>>
>> Is there anything written about when and why the Gita changes its meter,
>> or does anyone on the list have an opinion about this?  At least in
>> several instances, I can see no narrative reason for this, nor shift in
>> theological content. At least in the second chapter which borrows two
>> verses from the Katha, I wonder whether this occurs with verses being
>> borrowed from elsewhere,  but I don't know.  Has anyone thought about this
>> or can anyone point me to anything written on it?
>>
>> Thanks.  Edwin Bryant.
>>
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