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fourth, sixteen. The laws of its constrnction impose 

 that each verse shall end in a cretic and iambic ; or 

 else in a dactyl and spondee * ; or, by bacchius-f-. In 

 regard to the renaming moments, w)iich are six in the 

 odd verses, -and eight m the even verses of the strophe, 

 it must be observed as a general rule, that neither the 

 second and third, nor the fourth and fiftii moments 

 should be combined in the same long syllable ; nor, in 

 the second and fourth verses, should the sixth m/itrd 

 be combined with the seventh. That, general rule 

 however admits of exceptions : and the name of the 

 metre varies accordingly ^. 



Although the T^aiidliya regularly consist of alter- 

 nate short and long verses, it may be varied by making 

 the stanza consist either of four short or four long 

 verses ; admitting at the same lime the exception just 

 now hinted §. 



The following is an example of a stanza composed 

 in a species of this metre : 



* This variety of the metre Is named A paialica. 



t Tbns augmented, \\\ercie^'i\nc\scaMt^ Aupach*ha7}dasica: the 

 whole of the last canto of Magha's epick [ioem hereafter men- 

 tioned is in this metre: and so is the fivsi half of the 13th canto ia 

 Bhakavi's Ciratarjuniya. 



\ In the even verses of the strophe^, if the 4th and 5th moments 

 be combined in one long syllable, contrary to the general rule 

 abovemeniioned, the metre is named P>v£"A//a t>r///i.' or, in the odd 

 verses, if the 2d and 3d moments be so combined, the metre is de- 

 nominated Uflichva •aritti : or the rule may be violated in botVi in- 

 stances, at the same time; and the measure then takes ahe name of 

 Pravrittaca. 



§ A tetrastich, consisting of four short verses of the sort called 

 PravrUtaca, is naOicd Charuhasini : and one comprising four long 

 verses of that description is termed AparoJitica. 



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