नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

-XV. 90 ] RULES OF PROSODY 259

83-84. [Of these eight triads] bha contains two light syllables preceded by a heavy one (— ◡ ◡), ma three heavy syllables (— — —), ja two light syllables separated by a heavy syllable (◡ — ◡), sa two light syllables followed by a heavy syllable (◡ ◡ —) ra two heavy syllables separated by a light one (— ◡ —), ta two heavy syllables followed by a light one (— — ◡), ya two heavy syllables preceded by a light one and (◡ — —), na three light syllables (◡ ◡ ◡).

85-86. These are the eight triads having their origin in Brahman. For the sake of brevity or for the sake of metre they are used in works on prosody, with or without [inherent] vowels (i. e. a ).¹

86-87 A single heavy syllable should be known as ga and such a light syllable as la.

Separation of two words [in speaking a verse] required by rules [of metre] is called caesura (yati).

87-88. A heavy syllable is that the which ends in a long or prolated (pluta) vowel, Anusvāra, Visarga or comes after a conjunct consonant or sometimes occurs at the end [of a hemistich].

88-89. Rules regarding the metre, relate to a regular couplet (sampat), stop, foot, deities, location, syllables, colour, pitch and hyper-metric pattern.

The regular couplet

89-90. A couplet in which the number of syllables is neither in excess nor wanting is called a regular one (sampat).

The stop

90-91. The stop (virāma) occurs when the meaning has been finally expressed.

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83-84 (C.86-87; B.XIV.85-86).
85-86 (C.88-89a; B.XIV.87, 88b). ¹ B. reads one additional hemistich between 85b and 86a.
86-87 (C.89b-90a; B.XIV.89).
87-88 (C.90b-91a; B.XIV.90).
88-89 (C.48; B.XIV.102). 89-90 (C.49, B.XIV.103).
90-91 (C.50; B.XIV.104).