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6. — The sixth order is called 'sqR^. It has a certain number of 

 syllables reiterated alternately throitgh the whole stanza. The distinc- 

 tions in it arise from the number of the syllables that are repeated. The 

 following is a specimen of the trisyllabic kind : as 



^WRT^T TflTffT^f^fTr fl^Tfff^TTff ^f%fi^|%rf| 



•ffgr^TiT^^r ^^?Tr^^f?T ^t^'^tw ^ir^TrrwimTfT^ii 



The fine mountain elephants were not spared; 

 An entire stop was put to the motion of the birds ; 

 All enjoyment teas perfectly destroyed; 

 The disconsolate women were deeply afiHicted; 

 And then the brave perished, but not in battle. 



7. — The seventh order is called "SffFj^T^.* It has a given number of 

 syllables, reading the same backwards and forwards. 



Four kinds of it are enumerated. First, when one half pdda reads 

 backwards, the same as the next does forwards. Secondly, when one pada 

 reads the same backwards as the next does forwards. Thirdly, when two 

 pddas or one line reads backwards the same as the next does forwards. 

 Fourthly, when one sUha or stanza reads backwards the same as the next 

 does forwards : as 



5iT5iT^T^ ^«n^T^T ^r^^T^ ^^r^rwr !i 



That great army by its valour triumphed in many a battle. 



That fine army, defended by huge elephants, resounding with the shouts of the fearless, 

 intent upon fighting and destroying the enemy, is irresistible, 



fiTf*!W^^^T^^ ^r^'TTTWt^^T II 



The woman whose mind is not enchanted by the peacock's voice :^.who is bold and unsubdued 

 by all-subduing love, is not the woman for me. 



* This is also called J8 «^^TV|'5f by some, and placed under the head of ^x^-^, 



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