This should probably not be analysed in terms of classical syllabo-quantitative metres, but in terms of Vedic metre, where the patterns are more loosely defined. See Arnold's Vedic metre on trimeter and combinations of triṣṭubh and jagatī lines within a verse.Arnold, Edward Vernon. 1905. Vedic Metre in Its Historical Development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 11-14, esp. §§54-55.

On Mon, 10 Jun 2024 at 17:29, Uskokov, Aleksandar via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> 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):

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From: Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh@umich.edu>
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2024 11:22 AM
To: Uskokov, Aleksandar <aleksandar.uskokov@yale.edu>
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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@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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South Asian Studies Council and Department of Religious Studies, Yale University

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