Dear Aleksandar,
The verse
ṣaraṃ
pradhānam amṛtākṣaraṃ
haraḥ kṣarātmānāv
īśate deva ekaḥ /
tasyābhidhyānād yojanāt tattvabhāvād bhūyaś cānte viśvamāyānivṛttiḥ // 1.10 //
tasyābhidhyānād yojanāt tattvabhāvād bhūyaś cānte viśvamāyānivṛttiḥ // 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@yale.edu> wrote:
Yes, it is Sarvajñātman's Saṅkṣepa-Śārīraka 4.46:
kṣaraṃ pradhānam amṛtākṣaraṃ haraḥkṣarātmānāv īśate deva ekaḥ |tasyābhidhyānād yojanāt tattva-bhāvādbhūyaś 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>
Cc: Indology <indology@list.indology.info>
Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] help with meterCan you please give the text of the verse?
Madhav
Madhav M. DeshpandeProfessor Emeritus, Sanskrit and LinguisticsUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USASenior 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 rab: ya ta ta ga gac: ma ma ya yad: 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
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