1872.] Babu RajendraMla Mitra — A Picnic in Ancient India. 853 
cheerfully rising from one side of the court delighted Rama and Janardana 
hy her acting and her exquisitely slender figure. 
“ Then Urvasi, of the sparkling eye, HemS, Mis'rakc's'i, TilottamS, 
Menaka, and others, for the gratification of Krishna, acted and sang whatever 
was calculated to prove agreeable and pleasing to the company.” Here 
follows a eulogium' on the Ckkalikya tune, which was sung in six 
octaves, and in various modes. The young and the old alike joined in the 
song, in order, evidently, to bring all the six octaves into play which no 
single human voice could compass. Originally, it was a speciality in the 
concerts of Indra in heaven. On earth Baladava, Krishna, Pradyumna, 
Aniruddha and Samba were the most proficient in it, and they taught 
it to the other Yadavas. Songs for this tune, I understand from my 
young friend, Babu Sureudramohan Tagore, who has made the Hindu 
science of music his special study, and possesses a critical knowledge 
of the subject, were composed of lines of 26 syllables, and scanned in 
groups of four syllables, the first two being long, the next short, and 
the last circumflex. The measure of time (tala) for singing it was the 
same, i. e., of two double instants, then one single instant, and lastly 
a triple instant, making together a measure of eight instants. This 
measure was called Chachchatpufa. The subject of the song was always 
something fierce and heroic. I annex at foot the Sanskrit quotations from 
the Sangita Ratnavali and the Sangita Darpana furnished me hy my friend 
in support of his explanation.* On the conclusion of this song which 
was sung hy different parties, and repeatedly encored, Krishna rewarded 
the dancing girls and the heavenly actresses, and the company broke up. 
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