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anapseest ; the third a spondee, pyrrichius, and iam- 

 bic. The Sragd" hara a very common metre, differs 

 from it, only in the third portion of tlie verse^ which 

 contains a trochee, spondee, and bacchius: but here the 

 number of syllables in every subdivision is equal: viz. 

 seven. In all the other instances above described, the 

 subdivisions of the regular verses were unequal. 



The following sorts of metre, which are usually em- 

 ployed, have no pauses but at the close of the verse. 

 The Drata ■vllambud contains in each verse two ana- 

 paests preceded by three short syllables and a long one, 

 and followed by a trochee. Instances of this measure 

 have been already cited in an extract from the Chdidr- 



juniya. The Sragvini is measured by a trochee, spon- 

 dee, and iambic repeated ; as the hhujangafrayata is by 

 a similar repetition of an iambic, trochee, and spondee. 



. Both sorts of metre are of frequent occurrence in clas- 

 Mck poems. 



The Vasantat'iJaca.-^\\\c\i consists of a spondee, iam- 

 bic, tribrachys, dactyl, trochee, and spondee, is one of 

 the metres in most general use. It comuionly occurs 

 as a change from other metre. But the whole 5th canto 

 of Ma'gha's poem is in this measure. The Chaura 

 ^anchasica, a short poem before described, is in the 

 same metre, and so is a pathetick elegy on the death of 

 a beloved wife which occurs in the Bhamani vilasa a 

 collection of miscellaneous poetry by Jaganna't'ha 

 Pandita raja. It begins thus : 



Vasantaiilaca, 



[SeePLATEC, Fig. 5."] 



* Since fate, alas ! is beeome adverse, and the gem of kindred 

 is departed towards heaven ; to whom, O my soul, wilt thou 

 tell thy grief? and who will appease thy anguish with refresh- 

 ing words?' 



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