[INDOLOGY] help with meter

[Madhav Deshpande]

Dear Aleksandar,

The verse
*ṣara**ṃ pradhānam am**ṛtāk**ṣara**ṃ hara**ḥ k**ṣarātmānāv īśate deva eka**ḥ
/*
  *tasyābhidhyānād  yojanāt tattvabhāvād bhūyaś cānte viśvamāyāniv**ṛtti**ḥ
// 1.10 // *
Is found in the Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad [1.10].

So this is not a classical composition, and therefore not subject to the
rules of classical meters. We have to treat it as a late Vedic verse form.

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 8:28 AM Uskokov, Aleksandar <
aleksandar.uskokov at yale.edu> wrote:

> Yes, it is Sarvajñātman's *Saṅkṣepa-Śārīraka *4.46:
>
> kṣaraṃ pradhānam amṛtākṣaraṃ haraḥ
> kṣarātmānāv īśate deva ekaḥ |
> tasyābhidhyānād yojanāt tattva-bhāvād
> bhūyaś cānte viśva-māyā-nivṛttiḥ || 46 ||
>
> As in the Ānandāśrama edition (Vol. 83.2, p.842):
>
>
> Best wishes,
> Aleksandar
>
> Aleksandar Uskokov
>
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> *From:* Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh at umich.edu>
> *Sent:* Monday, June 10, 2024 11:22 AM
> *To:* Uskokov, Aleksandar <aleksandar.uskokov at yale.edu>
> *Cc:* Indology <indology at list.indology.info>
> *Subject:* Re: [INDOLOGY] help with meter
>
> 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
>
> Aleksandar Uskokov
>
> Senior Lector and Associate Research Scholar
>
> South Asian Studies Council and Department of Religious Studies, Yale
> University
>
> 203-432-1972 | aleksandar.uskokov at yale.edu
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