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XVII. 67] DICTION OF A PLAY [311

Yamaka

61. Repetition of words at the beginning of the feet and the other places constitute Yamaka (lit. twin). Listen to their characteristics which I am going to tell [you]¹.

Ten kinds of Yamaka

62-64. Yamakas are of the ten kinds : Pādānta Yamaka, Kāñci Yamaka, Samudga Yamaka, Vikrānta Yamaka, Cakravāla Yamaka, and Sandaṣṭa Yamaka, Pādādi Yamaka, Āmreḍita Yamaka, Catur-vyavasita Yamaka and Mālā Yamaka.

Pādānta Yamaka

65. When similar syllables occur at the end of all the four feet they constitute Pādānta Yamaka.

Example :

66. dina-kṣayāt saṃhṛta-raśmi-maṇḍalaṃ
    diviva lagnaṃ tapanīya-maṇḍalam ।
    vibhāti tāmraṃ divi sūrya-maṇḍalaṃ
    yathā taruṇyāḥ stana-bhāra-maṇḍalam ॥

At the decline of the day, the reddish (lit. copper-coloured) orb of the sun shorn of its cluster of rays, shining like a golden disc in the heavens, looks like a big round breast of a maiden.¹

Kāñcī Yamaka

67. Two similar words occuring at the beginning and at the end of each foot constitute Kāñcī Yamaka.

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61 (C.62; B.XVI.59). ¹ For an old definition of Yamaka see Bhāmaha, II. 17.

62-64 (C.63-65; B.XVI.60-62). ¹ Bhāmaha mentions a fivefold division of Yamaka See II. 9. He seems to have known the tenfold division of the NŚ., and is of opinion that his fivefold division includes at least Sandaṣṭa and Samudga Yamakas. See II. 10.

65 (C.66; B.XVI.63).

66 (C.67; B.XVI.64). ¹ B. gives an additional def. (B.XVI.65).

67 (C.68; B.XVI.66).