PRa'cRIT POETIiY. 417 



The C«;/^^//V.'; is composed of one sran:?a of the 

 metre named Doha, foliowed by another in the measaie 

 called Rohu The entire stanza consequent!)' comprises 

 eight verses. In this species of meire, rhyme and al- 

 literation are so appropriate ornaments, that it adniits 

 the repetition of a complete heraisti* h or even an entire 

 verse : as in the following example extracted from the 

 P'mgald vritta. 



Cund'aUcd or Cund'alia, 



D'holla maria D'hilli maha, much'hia Mech'ha sarira, 

 Pura .Injialla mala bara, cha'ia bini Flhmniira. 

 Chalia bira Haminira, paa bhara meini caiiipaV. 

 Diga inaga nahaand'hara d'h^'ii suraha raha j'hamnai, 

 Digainaga nalia and'h;ii;a ami. C'hurasanaca oila ^ 

 Davalj, datiiafi vipac'hc'ha :maru D'bllli maha d'holla, 



[See Plate B. Fig, 1.] 



'Having made the barbarians faint at the sound of the 

 drum beaten in the midst of D'hilli. am) preceded by J ajjala 

 emineni above atblets, the hero HAiMMiRA advances; .^'id as 

 the hero Ham mi k a advaiices, ihe earth trembles u;u^er his feet. 

 The c'ond ofdusr, raised by the march of his multitudes^ ob- 

 scurfs the chariot of. the siin. Darkness spreads with the 

 march of his mutiitudes. the hostages of the Khorasanian 

 are slain ; ih foe is slaughtered ; and the drum is beat in the 

 midst of D'/ji//?'.' 



A STA>r7A of nine verses, composed of one of five 

 with a retjsirich of the metre called Z).c/m subjoined to 

 it, is deno ina'ed Rad'ci'hd. Here the stanza of five 

 contains three vtrses o! 15 moments each, with ^wo oi 

 J2 and 11 interposed. The distri' ution of the feet, 

 together with a restriction as to the ie-mmatrng one, 

 varies in each verse : and a difi->rence in the regr.la- 

 tion of the feet gives rise to six varieties which have 

 distinct a.'peilations. 



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