[INDOLOGY] help with meter

Madhav Deshpande mmdesh at umich.edu
Mon Jun 10 15:22:13 UTC 2024


Can you please give the text of the verse?

Madhav

Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India

[Residence: Campbell, California, USA]


On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 7:28 AM Uskokov, Aleksandar via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Dear friends,
>
> Has any of you encountered a meter with the following structure:
>
> a: ja bha ja ra
> b: ya ta ta ga ga
> c: ma ma ya ya
> d: ma ta ta ga ga
>
> Quarters c and d correspond to vaiśvadevī and śālinī, but a and b I cannot
> identify in Apte, though b seems a variation of śālinī with the first
> syllable laghu.
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Best wishes,
> Aleksandar
>
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