[INDOLOGY] Query on verse forms

[Jean-Luc Chevillard]

Cher Matthew,

For the record, you might be interested to know that, among the 30 
cantos of the சிலப்பதிகாரம்

21 are called kātai (காதை)
4 are called vari (வரி)
2 are called kuravai (குரவை)
2 are called mālai (மாலை)
1 is called pāṭal (பாடல்)

On page 864 of the Madras Tamil Lexicon, you can read the following

காதை² (p. 864) kātai காதை² kātai , n. < gāthā. 1. Poem; பாட்டு. (நீல.) 
2. Division of a poem containing a narrative; கதையைக்கொண்ட பகுதி. 
(சிலப். பதி. 63, உரை.)

In a similar manner,
the 30 cantos of the Maṇimēkalai (மணிமேகலை) are all called kātai (காதை)

I hope this is useful

Meilleurs voeux

-- Jean-Luc

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On 19/09/2019 00:41, Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY wrote:
> Dear friends,
> 
> I would be grateful for recommendations of works addressing the manner 
> in which the term gāthā is understood in connection with MIA verse, and 
> analogously on dohā in connection with apabhraMza  and NIA verse. I am 
> particularly looking for works dealing with formal features including 
> meter, rhyme etc.
> 
> with thanks in advance,
> Matthew
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