नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

.XVI. 79 ] METRICAL PATTERNS 279

Example :

76. toyâdharaiḥ sudhīra-ghana-paṭu-paṭaha-ravaiḥ
    sarja-kadamba-nīpa-kuṭaja-kusuma-surabhim ।
    kandala-sêndragopaka-racitam avanitalam
    vīkṣya karoty asau vṛṣabha-gaja-vilasitakam ॥

On seeing the surface of the earth adorned with the Kandala and the Indragopa, and perfumed with the flowers of Sāl, Kadamba¹, Nīpa², and Kuṭaja, which open at the loud and clear drum-like peals of thunder (lit. sounds of the clouds) this [man] imitates the sportful movement of a bull-elephant.

Pravara-lalita

77. [The metre with the] feet of sixteen syllables of which of the second, third, the fourth, the fifth, the sixth, the twelfth the thirteenth, the fifteeth and the last are heavy [and the rest light] is called Pravara-lalita.¹

Example :

78. nakhālīḍhaṁ gātraṁ daśana-khacitaṁ côṣṭha gaṇḍaṁ
    śiraḥ puṣpônmiśraṁ pravilulita-keśâlakântam ।
    gatiḥ khinnā cêyaṁ vadanam api sambhrānta-netram
    aho ślāghyaṁ vṛttaṁ pravara-lalitaṁ kāma-ceṣṭam ॥

Her body has been scratched by nails, and lips and the cheeks are bitten by teeth, the head is set with flowers, hairs have their ends dishevelled, and her gait is languid, and the eyes are restless. Ah, a very graceful exploit of love, has taken place in a praisworthy manner.

Śikhariṇī

79. [The metre with] the feet of seventeen syllables of which the second, the third, the fourth, the fifth, and sixth, the twelfth,

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76 (C.73, B.XV.97). ¹ Kadamba and nīpa are usually considered synonymous. It is just possible that there are two different trees with these two names and later writers have ignored the difference which may be very slight. It may be noted here that the Concise Oxford Diction-ary defines nīpa as a 'kind of E. Indian palm'.
² See note 1 above.
77 (C.74, B.XV.98, 99).¹ Scheme (⏑ - -, - - -, ⏑ ⏑ ⏑, ⏑ ⏑ -, - ⏑ -, - ).
78 (C.75, B.XV.100).
79 (C.76, B.XV.101, 102).