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The Kavisara has some fanciful remarks in connection with the eight 
prosodial feet, the substance of which is given in the subjoined tables. 
Table 1. 
The names of the guardian celestial beings, lunar mansions, &c., con¬ 
nected with the eight prosodial feet. 
Feet. 
Symbols. 
Name of guardian 
celestial being. 
Result. 
How 
regarded. 
Numbers and 
Names of Lunar 
mansions. 
— 
ma 
bhumi. 
earth. 
wealth. 
coveted. 
18 
Jettha. 
KJ \J 
na 
sakka. 
Indra. 
long life. 
coveted. 
2 
Bharanf. 
_ KJ \J 
bha 
canda. 
moon. 
friends. 
coveted. 
5 
Magasiram. 
\J _ 
ya 
ambba. 
cloud. 
piety. 
coveted. 
24 
Satabhisayo. 
\J _W 
ja 
ravi. 
sun. 
poverty. 
not coveted. 
7 
Punabhasu. 
\j kj _ 
sa 
anila. 
air. 
degradation. 
not coveted. 
15 
Sati. 
_ KJ _ 
ra 
anala. 
fire. 
conflagration. 
not coveted. 
3 
Ivattika. 
_ KJ 
ta 
&kasa. 
firmament. 
failure. 
not coveted. 
22 
Savano. 
Table 2. 
Classification of letters into castes. 
Brahmana. 
aaknciitn 
Khattiya. 
iet npmyr 
Vanijja. 
u 0 1 V 
Sudda. 
s h 1 
v. 6. gano idlia catulckalo. The Ariya class of metres is measured by 
feet denominated gana , which are equivalent to two long syllables or 
four breves (Jcala). “ catukkalo caturo kala matta assati va * # # 
adittayam pana eko garu dve lahu, massa pana dve garu, nassa tu 
lahu catukkam, tasma catukkalo ti vutto.” Vac. 
v. 7. Samyogadi. Double consonants and the like. “ samyogo nama dvin- 
nam vyanjananam ekatra thiti vuccati, saranantarika vyanjananam 
yogato pi yatha; “ tattha, dinna, hutva” tyadi: digho ca saro 
yatha; “gato, pita, bhuto, deti, sotthi, ettha, ottho,” ti: niggahita- 
paro yatha; “ yain. taip” tyadi: * # # catunnam padanam anto 
