[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Garudapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) › 1.208 # Garudapurana 1.208 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.208 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.208.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.208.18) — 1 part ### [1.208.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.208.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 208 sūta uvāca / āryālakṣma tvaṣṭa gaṇāḥ sadā jo viṣame na hi / ṣaṣṭhe jo nlau vāpi bhavet padaṃ ṣaṣṭhe dvitīyalāt // > The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa: 208 > Sūta said: > The characteristic of the āryā is eight feet, and ja-gaṇa is never in an uneven \[foot\]; > in the sixth, ja-gaṇa or na-la occurs; a word occurs after the second short syllable in the sixth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.208.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.208.2) āditaḥ saptame hrasvā dvitīyārdhe śare tataḥ / trigaṇāṅghriśca pathyā syādvipulā vahnilaṅghanāt // > From the beginning, a short syllable is in the seventh; then in the second half, in the fifth. > A foot of three gaṇas is pathyā; it is vipulā when crossing over three. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.208.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.208.3) gmadhye dvituryau jau capalā mukhapūrvādicāpalā / dvitīyārdhe sajaghanā āryājāteśca lakṣaṇam // > With a ja-gaṇa in the second and fourth amidst heavy syllables, it is capalā; capalā begins from the first half; > with it in the second half, it is jaghanacapalā—such is the definition of the āryā class. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.208.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.208.4) āryā prathamārdhalakṣma gītiḥ syācceddaladvaye / upagītirdvitīyārdhādudgītirvyatyayādbhavet // > If the characteristic of the first half of the āryā is in both halves, it is a gīti; > from the second half, it is an upagīti; from inversion, it is an udgīti. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.208.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.208.5) āryāgītiścāntagururgotijāteśca lakṣaṇam / ṣaṭ kalā viṣame cetsyuḥ same 'ṣṭau na nirantarāḥ / samā parāśritā na syādvaitālīye ralau guruḥ // > And āryāgīti has a heavy syllable at the end—such is the definition of the gīti class. > If there are six mātrās in the uneven and eight in the even, not uninterrupted, > an even foot does not depend on another; in the vaitālīya, ra and la are followed by a heavy syllable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.208.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.208.6) anter yau pūrvavadidamaupacchandasikaṃ matam // > With ra and ya at the end, as before, this is considered aupacchandasika. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.208.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.208.7) bhādgau syādāpātalikā jñeyātho dakṣiṇāntikā / parāśrito dvitīyo laḥ pādeṣu nikhileṣvapi // > From bha and two heavy syllables, it is āpātalikā; then dakṣiṇāntikā should be known: > the second short syllable depends on another in all feet. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.208.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.208.8) udīcyavṛttirasame prācyavṛttistu yugmake / sapañcamaścaturthāṃśe yugapattau pravṛttakam // > An udīcyavṛtti is in the uneven, but a prācyavṛtti is in the pair; > with the fifth in the fourth part, both occur together as the pravṛttaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.208.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.208.9) udīcyādyaṅghrisaṃyogādyugmapādaikapādikā / cāruhāsinyayugmāṅghrau vaitālīyasya saṃgrahaḥ // > By combination of feet beginning with udīcyā, having one foot as the even foot, > and cāruhāsinī in the uneven foot, this is the summary of vaitālīya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.208.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.208.10) vaktraṃ nādyānnasau syātāṃ caturthādyagaṇo bhavet / pathyāvaktraṃ jena same viparītādiranyathā // > A vaktra should not have na and sa from the beginning; the gaṇa should begin from the fourth. > It is pathyāvaktra with ja-gaṇa in the even; otherwise it is viparīta and the rest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.208.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.208.11) usame naśca capalā vipulā laghusaptamā / nikhile vā saitavasya mrau ntau cābdhestatpūrvakau // > In the uneven, na-gaṇa is capalā; vipulā has a short syllable as the seventh, > or throughout according to Saitava; ma-ra and na-ta preceded by four. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.208.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.208.12) ṣoḍaśalo 'caladhṛtirmātrāsamakamucyate // > With sixteen short syllables, acaladhṛti is called a mātrāsamaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.208.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.208.13) navamalastathā go 'ntyaḥ jo nlauvāthāmbudheryathā / viślokaḥ syāttaccatuṣkadviguṇādvānavāsikā // > Likewise the ninth is a short syllable and the last is a heavy syllable; ja-gaṇa or na-la after the fourth; > it is viśloka; from doubled four of that, it is vānavāsikā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.208.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.208.14) bāṇāṣṭanavakeṣu syāllaścitrā ṣoḍaśātmikā / samamātrāsamādiṣṭaṃ padākulakamīritam // > A short syllable at the fifth, eighth, and ninth is citrā of sixteen syllables; > that which has equal mātrās is taught as equal; padākulaka is spoken. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.208.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.208.15) vṛttamātrā vinā varṇairlā varṇā gurubhirvinā / guruvo lairdale nityaṃ pramāṇamiti niścitam // > Metres measured by mātrās are without syllable \[counts\]; syllables as short without heavies; > heavies through short syllables in a half are always determined as the measure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.208.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.208.16) aṣṭāviṃśātilā gantā prathamārdhe dvitīyake / triṃśadasyāṃ śikhā gantā khañjātadvyatyayādbhavet // > Twenty-eight short syllables ending in a heavy in the first half, and thirty in the second: > in this metre, it is a śikhā ending in a heavy; from the inversion of that, it is khañjā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.208.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.208.17) ṣoḍaśānaṅgakrīḍā gā dvātriṃśaccarame ca lāḥ / saptaviṃśātilā gantā dalayo rucirā dvayoḥ // > Sixteen heavy syllables make anaṅgakrīḍā, and thirty-two short syllables in the final; > twenty-seven short syllables ending in a heavy in both halves is rucirā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.208.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.208.18) mātrāvṛttāni coktāni varṇavṛttāni vacmi vai // > The mātrā-metres have been spoken; I shall now declare the syllable-metres. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.208.18.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.208.18.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe chandaḥ śāstre āryāvṛttādichandolakṣaṇanirūpaṇaṃ nāmāṣṭottaradviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the two hundred and eighth chapter, named 'Exposition of the Characteristics of Metres Beginning with Āryā' in the treatise on metres in the section on conduct of the first part of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.208.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.208](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.208) · Pramāṇa