रत्नावली नाटिका (सम्राट हर्षवर्धन - शास्त्रीय नाटिका रत्न सम्पूर्ण ४ अङ्क सान्वय सटीक)

APPENDIX B 461 His use of metrical forms, on the other hand, marks the tendency to reject the simplicity of the earlier dramatists and to insist on the use of the more elaborate metres, which in themselves are wholly undramatic, but give a much wider range of opportunity for the exhibition of merits of description. Harsha's favourite is the Shárdulavikridita, which occurs 23 times in the Ratnávali." Sragdhará 11 times, Shloka 9 times, A'ryá 9 times, while Shálini, Hárini, Pushpitágrá, Prithvi, Praharshini also occur. The Ratnávali also contains a pretty pair of rhymed verses, each with pádas of 12 morae, five Prakrit Aryás and one Giti. Keith Sanskrit, Drama, Pp. 175-181.