नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

-XVI. 68 ] METRICAL PATTERNS 275

Example :

60. upavana-salilānāṃ bāla-padmair bhramara-parabhṛtānāṃ kaṇṭha-nādaiḥ । samada-gati-vilāsaiḥ kāminīnāṃ kathayati paṭuvṛttaṃ madhu-māsaḥ ॥

The month of Caitra (lit. honey-month) with lotus-buds in the garden-lakes, songs of bees and cuckoos and the playful movements of intoxicated women, is anouncing its smart manners¹.

Prabhāvatī

61. [The metre with] the feet of twelve syllables of which the second, the fourth and the ninth the eleventh and the last are heavy [and the rest light] is called Prabhāvatī.¹

Example :

62. kathaṃ nv idaṃ kamala-viśāla-locane gṛhaṃ ghanaiḥ pihita-kare niśākare । acintayanty abhinava-varṣa-vidyutas tvam āgatā sutanu yathā prabhāvatī ॥

O fair one, with eyes as large as a lotus, how have you come like a radiant being to this house [of mine] when the rays of the moon have been covered by clouds and you have not cared for the impending (lit. new) rains and the lightning ?

Praharṣiṇī

63. [The metre with the] feet of thirteen syllables of which the first three, the eighth, the tenth and the twelfth and the last are heavy [and the rest light] is called Praharṣiṇī¹.

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60 (C.57, B.XV.80). ¹ I am not certain about the exact meaning of the term puṭavṛtta. One ms. gives it as paṭuvṛtta (see B.) which I adopt.

61 (C.58, B.XV.81). ¹ Scheme (∪ - ∪, - ∪ ∪, ∪ ∪ -, ∪, - -).

62 (C.59, B-XV.82).

63 (C.60, B.XV.83). ¹ Scheme (- - -, ∪ ∪ ∪, ∪ - ∪, - ∪ -, -).