नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

-XVI. 47 ] METRICAL PATTERNS 271

the first four, the eighth and the tenth are light [and the rest heavy] is called Kumudanibhā¹.

Example :

44. kumudanibhā tvaṁ kāma-bāṇa-viddhā
kim asi-natabhruḥ śīta-vāta-dagdhā ।
mṛdu-nalinīvâpāṇḍu-vaktra-śobhā
katham api jātā agrataḥ sakhīnām ॥

O fair-eyed damsel, being like a Kumuda flower why have you been struck with cupid's arrow and why do you appear pale before your friends like a delicate Nalinī blasted by the cold wind.

Candra-lekhā

45. [The metre with] the feet of twelve syllables of which the first five, the seventh and the tenth as are light [and the rest heavy] and the caesura falls after the first five syllables, is called Candra-lekhā¹.

Example :

46. vaktraṁ saumyaṁ te padma-patrâyatâkṣaṁ
kāmasyâvāsaṁ svabhruvoś câvabhāsam ।
kāmasyâpīdaṁ kāmam āhartukāmam
kāntyā tvaṁ kānte candra-lekhêva bhāsi ॥

O beloved one, your sweet face with eyes as large as lotus-petals and the splendour of your eyebrows, are the abode of love, and they are ready to bring love even to the god of love ; you shine as it were like a phase of the moon.

Pramitâkṣarā

47. [The metre with] the feet of twelve syllables of which

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¹ Scheme ( ⏑ ⏑ ⏑, ⏑ – –, – ⏑ –, ⏑ ⏑ ). B. gives another metre of this name with a different scheme (– ⏑ –, ⏑ – –, ⏑ ⏑ ⏑, ⏑ – –) and an example of this (B.XV.56-58).
44 (C.41, B.XV.60).
45 (C.42, B.XV.61). ¹ Scheme (– – –, – – –, ⏑ – –, ⏑ – –).
46 (C.43, B.XV.62). 47 (C.44, B.XV.63).