Mudrarakshasa (literary study)
by Antara Chakravarty | 2015 | 58,556 words
This page relates 鈥楿se of Pushpitagra metre鈥� of the English study on the Mudrarakshasa: an ancient Sanskrit dramatic play (Nataka) authored by Vishakhadatta which deals with the life of king Chandragupta. This study investigates the Mudra Rakshasa from a literary perspective, such as metrics, themes, rhetorics and other poetical elements. Chandragupta ruled the Mauryan Empire during the 4th century BCE, hence this text can also be studied as a historical textbook of ancient India.
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2.17. Use of 笔耻峁颈迟腻驳谤腻 metre
[Full title: The Chandas employed in 惭耻诲谤腻谤腻办峁蝉补 (17). 笔耻峁颈迟腻驳谤腻]
骋补峁単腻诲腻蝉补 defined 笔耻峁颈迟腻驳谤腻 chandas 补蝉:鈥�
ayuji nayugarephato yak膩ro yuji ca najau jarag膩艣ca pu峁it膩gr膩/[1]
When in the odd quarters of a meter there remains na, na, ra and ya 驳补峁嘺蝉; and in the even quarters there are the 驳补峁嘺蝉 present, viz, na, ja, ja, ra and ga that is 笔耻峁颈迟腻驳谤腻 meter. Thus it is a 痴颈峁尘补惫峁泃迟补 type of meter having 12 syllables in the odd quarters and 13 syllables in the even quarters. This meter has been used once in the 笔谤补蝉迟腻惫补苍腻 portion of 惭耻诲谤腻谤腻办峁蝉补:
| na | | | na | | | ra | | | ya | | | na | | | ja | | | ja | | | ra | | | ga |
| 鈴� 鈴� 鈴� | | | 鈴� 鈴� 鈴� | | | - 鈴� - | | | 鈴� - - | | | 鈴� 鈴� 鈴� | | | 鈴� - 鈴� | | | 鈴� - 鈴� | | | - 鈴� - | | | - |
vahati | jalami |ya峁� pina |峁ａ弓igandh膩|niyami |yamudgra|thate sra|jo vici 触迟谤腻岣
musala |midami |ya峁� ca p膩|tak膩le | mahura|nuy膩ti | kalena | h奴峁僰峁泃e| na ||[2]
Now, we have scanned the verse in the above and got the above said 驳补峁嘺蝉 in both the odd and the even quarters respectively. Therefore, it is none but the 笔耻峁颈迟腻驳谤腻 meter.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
颁丑补苍诲辞尘补帽箩补谤墨, III.5, p.184
[2]:
惭耻诲谤腻谤腻办峁蝉补, I. 4