[Y-Indology] meter in Paramarthasara

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On 14 Jun 2004 at 16:36, Harry Spier wrote:

 

> u - u - - u u - u - u

> - - u - -u u - u - u

> - - u - - u u - u - -

> - - u - - u u - u - -

>

> 1) Can someone identify this meter for me.

The metre is called Upajaati, a mixture between Indravajraa and Upendravajraa.

 

> Or can the last syllable optionally be short?

The last syllable in even paadas (2nd and 4th) is always anceps. The two metres

Upajaati

(Indravajraa, Upendravajraa) and Vasantatilakaa make an exception to this rule

as far as the last

syllable in uneven Upajaati and Vasantatilakaa paadas can also be optionally

short (see, e.g.,

Roland Steiner, Untersuchungen zu Har.sadevas Naagaananda und zum indischen

Schauspiel, Swisttal-

Odendorf 1997, Indica et Tibetica 31, pp. 249-251).

 

With kind regards,

R. Steiner

 

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[Guest guest]

The meter of the verse you mentioned is upajaati.

 

Apte has quoted the following verse as an example of

upajaati -

 

astyuttarasyaaM dishi devataatmaa himaalayo naama nagaadhiraajaH.

puurvaaparau vaarinidhii vagaahya sthitaH pR^ithivyaa iva

maanadaNDaH. .

 

(Kumarasmhavam 1st shloka)

 

Here the last letter in the third line is hya which is a laghu (short vowel).

But according to the definition of upajaati it should be a guru (long vowel).

That means it can be optionally short.

 

Even in the definition of upajaati given by Apte the last syllable of two lines

ends is a laghu.

 

PKRamakrishnan

 

Harry Spier <harryspier wrote:

Dear list members,

The Paramarthasara of Abhinavagupta is written in AryA meter and this is

specifically mentioned in the last verse of it. But the first verse is an

exception and is written in a 4 line, 11 syllablic meter as follows:

 

paraM parasthaM gahanAd anAdim

ekaM niviSTaM bahudhA guhAsu|

sarvAlayaM sarvacarAcarasthaM

tvAm eva zaMbhuM zaraNaM prapadye||

 

i.e.

 

u - u - - u u - u - u

- - u - -u u - u - u

- - u - - u u - u - -

- - u - - u u - u - -

 

1) Can someone identify this meter for me. The last two lines of the

stanza are I think indravajrA, but I don't see any 11 syllable meters in

Apte that end on a short syllable. Or can the last syllable optionally be

short?

 

2) Is this an unusual case, to have the first verse of a metrical work

written in a different meter from the rest, and in particular to have a work

written in AryA meter to have its first verse a syllabic meter.

 

Many thanks,

Harry

 

 

 

Harry Spier

371 Brickman Rd.

Hurleyville, New York

USA 12747

 

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