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hemistich, and the clarh, i.e. the last foot of the second
hemistich, in like manner the verses of the Hindus are
divided into two halves, each of which is called foot
(pdda). The Greeks, too, call them feet (lacuna),—
those words which are composed of it, a-yXXd/Sri, and
the consonants with or loithout vowels, with long, short,
or doubtful vowels.

The verse is divided into three, or more commonly onthe
into four pdda.    Sometimes they add a fifth pdda in Arya.
the middle of the verse.    The pddas have no rhyme,
but there is a kind of metre, in which the  i  and 2
pddas end with the same consonant or syllable as if
rhyming on it, and also the pddas 3 and 4 end with
the same consonant or syllable.    This kind is called
Arya.    At the end of the pdda a laghu may become a Page 69.
guru, though in general this metre ends with a laghu.

The different poetical works of the Hindus contain
a great number of metres. In the metre of 5 pdda,
the fifth pdda is placed between pddas 3 and 4. The
names of the metres differ according to the number of
syllables, and also according to the verses which fol¬
low. For they do not like all the verses of a long
poem to belong to one and the same metre. They use
many metres in the same poem, in order that it should
appear like an embroidered piece of silk.

The construction of the four pddas in the iorxr-pdda
metre is the following :—
 

HH
 

<    <
 

paksha = I amsaka.
 

!

i <  <
 

paksha.
 

It)

0
 

-A
Q
 

<   1   1
 

parvata.
 

< 1 1
 

parvata.
 

<<

Ph
 

1   1   <
 

jvalana.
 

<  <
 

paksha.
 

III.
 


 

<    <
 

paksha.
 

<  <
 

paksha.
 

^3
>>
 

1—5
 

1   i   <
 

jvalana.
 

1 1 <
 

jvalana.
 

<
 

i   <    1
 

madhya.
 

il  <  1
 

madhya.
 

>
 

Ph
 

<   1   1
 

parvata.
 

< 1 1
 

parvata.
 

l-H
 

<    <
 

paksha.
 

1 1 <
 

jvalana.