Agnipurana 331
English (machine translation) 331
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331.1
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;
331.2
and the uneven or defective, the hypermetric, and the even metres. / Glau is the Catuḥpramāṇī; from these two comes another, the Vitānaka.
331.3
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];
331.4
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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[Footnote]
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[Variant readings].
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[Variant readings].
331.5
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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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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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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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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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;
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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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Thus ends the three hundred and thirty-first chapter in the great Agnipurāṇa, entitled 'Account of Uneven Metres.'
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Now begins the three hundred and thirty-second chapter.
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Determination of Half-Even Metres
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