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# Gitagaurisham 22.p17

Gītagaurīśam 22.p17

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [22.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagaurisam.22.p17)

mālavarāgaḥ  
asya lakṣaṇamnitambinocumbitavaktrapadmaḥ,  
śukadyutiḥ kuṇḍalavān pramattaḥ  
saṅketaśālāṃ praviśan pradoṣe,  
mālādharo mālavarāgarājaḥ  
goḍamālavarāgaḥ  
saṅgītaśāstre mālavagauṃḍarāgaḥ vidyate gauḍaśabdasya pūrvanipātenāsya nāmāntaramiva goḍamālavarāga iti nāma vyavahriyate iti  
pratīyate  
lakṣaṇañcāsya  
atha mālavagauḍe'smin gorīsvarasamudbhave  
tyaktadhe risvarodgrāhe nahyārohe sugasvaraḥ  
ārohe yadi gāndhāraḥ pādirmānto vidhīyate

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