Agnipurana 331: athaikatriṃśadadhikatriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

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viṣamakathanam

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agniruvāca

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vṛttaṃ samañcārdhasamaṃ viṣamañca tridhā vade
samantāvat kṛtvakṛtamardhasamañca kārayet

Agni said: / I shall state the three kinds of metre: even, half-even, and uneven. / One should make the even everywhere, and make the half-even;

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viṣamañcaiva vāsyūnamativṛttaṃ samānyapi
glaucatuḥpramāṇī syādābhyāmanyadvitānakam

and the uneven or defective, the hypermetric, and the even metres. / Glau is the Catuḥpramāṇī; from these two comes another, the Vitānaka.

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pādasyādyantu vakraṃ syāt śanau na prathamāsmṛtau
bālyamuścaturthādvarṇāt pathyā varṇaṃ yujoyataḥ

The beginning of the quarter is Vakra; śa and nau are not taught as the first; / from the fourth syllable is the Vālyam; Pathyā joins syllables from that [pattern];

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viparītapathyānyāsāccapalā vā yujasvanaḥ
vipulāyugnasaptamaḥ sarvaṃ tasyaiva tasya ca

from another arrangement it is Viparītapathyā; Capalā or of an even tone; / Vipulā has the seventh even; everything belongs to that and to that.

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tauntau vā vipulānekā cakrajātiḥ samīritā
bhavet padacaturūrddhvaṃ caturvṛddhyā padeṣu ca

Tau and ntau make Vipulā, and several Cakra classes are taught; / there is Pada-caturūrdhva by the increase of four in the quarters.

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gurudvayānta āpīḍaḥ pratyāpīḍo gaṇādikaḥ
prathamasya viparyāse mañjarī lavaṇī kramāt

Āpīḍa ends in two gurus; Pratyāpīḍa begins with a gaṇa; / by reversal of the first, it is Mañjarī and Lavaṇī in order;

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bhavedamṛtadhārākhyā uddhatādyucyate'dhunā
ekataḥ sasajasānaḥ syurna sau jo go'tha bhaunajau

there is that called Amṛtadhārā; now the Uddhatā and others are stated: / in one quarter are sa, ma, ja, sa, and na; or na, sau, jo, go; then bha, u, na, and jau;

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nogo'tha sajasā gogastṛtīyacaraṇasya ca
saurabhe kecanabhagā lalitañca namau jasau

no and go; then sa, ja, sā, and go, ga for the third quarter; / in the Saurabha are some bha-gaṇas; and Lalita has na, mau, ja, and sau;

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upasthitaṃ pracupitaṃ prathamādyaṃ samau jasau
gogatho malajā rogaḥ samo nagarajayāḥ pade

Upasthitapracupita has the first like the even quarters: ja, sau, / go, ga; then ma, la, jā, and ro, ga; the even quarter has na, ga, ra, ja, and yāḥ;

331.10

vardhamānaṃ malau svau nasau atho bhojova iritā
śuddhavirāḍārṣabhākhyaṃ vakṣye cārdhasamantataḥ

Vardhamāna has ma, lau, svau, na, and sau; then bho, jo, and va are proclaimed; / I shall state Śuddhavirāḍārṣabha, and next the half-even metre.

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ityāgneye mahāpurāṇe viṣamakathanaṃ

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nāmaikatriṃśadadhikatriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ