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With bha and two heavies, citrapadā is known; vidyunmālā has two ma-gaṇas and two heavies. ### [1.209.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.4) Māṇavaka is from bha, ta, la, and ga; haṃsaruta is remembered as two ma-gaṇas and a heavy; samānikā has ra, ja, ga, and la; pramāṇikā has ja, ra, la, and ga; any variation from these is vitāna; the anuṣṭubh metre is thus declared. ### [1.209.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.5) With ra, na, and sa, it is halamukhī; with two na-gaṇas and ma, it is śiśubhṛtā. In the bṛhatī metre, smau, ja, and gau make virājita. ### [1.209.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.6) Paṇava is with ma, na, ya, and a heavy; it is mayūrasāriṇī with two ra-gaṇas and ja, and with two ra-gaṇas and a heavy; rukmavatī has bha, ma, sa, and a heavy. ### [1.209.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.7) Mattā is endowed with ma, bha, sa, and a heavy; na, ra, ja, and a heavy is manoramā; in the paṅkti metre, it is called upasthita with ja, sa, ta, and two heavies. ### [1.209.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.8) Two ta-gaṇas, ja, and two heavies is indravajrā; with the previous gaṇa starting with ja, ta, ja, and ga, it is upendravajrā. ### [1.209.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.9) Upajātis have variations at the beginning and end; sumukhī has na, ja, ja, la, and ga; three bha-gaṇas and two heavies is dodhaka; śālinī has ma, two ta-gaṇas, and two heavies, ### [1.209.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.10) with a pause at four and seven; vātorṃī has two ma-gaṇas, ta, and two heavies; śrī is declared as bha, ta, na, na, and ga, with five and six. ### [1.209.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.11) Ma, ga, na, na, and ga is exemplified as bhramaravilasita; rathoddhatā has ra, na, ra, la, and ga; svāgatā has ra, na, bha, and two heavies. ### [1.209.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.12) Vṛttā is two na-gaṇas, sa, and two heavies; samadrikā is two na-gaṇas, ra, la, and a heavy; śyenikā is ra, ja, ra, la, and ga; śikhaṇḍita is ja, sa, ta, and two heavies; the triṣṭubh metre has thus been declared by the high-souled Piṅgala. ### [1.209.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.13) \[With\] ra, na, bha, and sa, \[the metre is\] Candravartman. / Vaṃśastha has ja, ta, ja, and ra; / thereafter, with ja, ra, \[ja, and ra\], it is Indravaṃśā; with four sa-gaṇas, Toṭaka is taught. / Drutavilambita has na, bha, bha, and ra; and Puṭa has na, na, ma, and ya. ### [1.209.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.14) Muditavadanā has a pause at eight and four \[syllables\]; / it is defined by na, na, ra, and ra. In the same way, Nayanā has \[these and\] ya. ### [1.209.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.15) That \[metre with\] Kusumavicitrā \[gaṇas\] is Jaloddhatagati, with \[pause at\] six \[syllables\]. / Stragviṇī is considered to have ja, sa, ja, and sa, and four \[ra-gaṇas\] in its quarters. ### [1.209.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.16) The metre Bujaṅgaprayāta is declared to have four ya-gaṇas. / Priyamvadā has na, bha, ja, and ra; and Maṇimālā has ta, ya, ta, and ya. ### [1.209.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.17) Sannidrā has \[pause at\] six syllables \[and ta, bha, ja, ra\]; Lalitā has ta, bha, ja, and ra. / Pramitākṣarā has sa, ja, sa, and sa; and Ujjvalā has na, na, bha, and ra. ### [1.209.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.18) Vaiśvadevī has ma, ma, ya, and ya, with a pause at five and seven. / Jaladharamālā has ma, bha, sa, and ma, with a pause at the fourth and the last \[syllable\]. ### [1.209.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.19) Kṣamāvṛtta has na, na, ta, ta, and ga, with a pause at seven and six. / Praharṣiṇī has ma, na, ja, ra, and ga, with a pause at three and ten. ### [1.209.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.20) Rucirā has ja, bha, sa, ja, and a heavy syllable, with a pause at four and nine. / Mattamayūra has ma, ta, ya, sa, and a heavy syllable, with a pause at eight and nine. ### [1.209.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.21) Mañjubhāṣiṇī has sa, ja, sa, ja, and ga; Sunandinī has sa, ja, sa, ma, and ga. / Candrikā has na, na, ta, ta, and a heavy syllable, with a pause at seven and six. ### [1.209.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.22) Asambādhā has ma, ta, na, sa, and two heavy syllables, with a pause at five and nine. / Aparājitā is proclaimed to have na, na, ra, sa, a light and a heavy syllable, with \[pause at\] seven \[syllables\]. ### [1.209.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.23) This Praharaṇakalikā has na, na, bha, na, and likewise a light and a heavy syllable. / Vasantatilakā, \[also called\] Siṃhonnata, has ta, bha, ja, ja, and two heavy syllables. ### [1.209.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.24) Induvadanā has bha, ja, sa, na, and two heavy syllables; then Sukeśara / has na, ra, na, ra, a light and a heavy syllable in the quarter; Śarkarī is explained: ### [1.209.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.25) The excellent Śaśikalā has fourteen light syllables and a heavy syllable. / Sraksrā has a pause at six and nine, and also a pause at eight and seven. ### [1.209.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.26) Mālinī, \[resembling\] a cluster of precious stones, has na, na, ma, ya, and ya, / with a pause at eight and seven; Prabhadraka has na, ja, bha, and ja-ra. ### [1.209.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.27) Elā has sa, ya, na, na, and ya; Citralekhā has \[a pause at\] seven and eight / and has ma, ra, ma, ya, and ya; this is declared as Atiśarkarī. ### [1.209.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.28) Vṛṣabhagajajṛmbhita has \[a pause at\] seven and nine, and bha, ra, na, na, na, and a heavy syllable. / Vāṇinī has na, ja, bha, ja, ra, and a heavy syllable; the Aṣṭi class has been proclaimed by Piṅgala. ### [1.209.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.29) Śikhariṇī has ya, ma, na, sa, bha, a light and a heavy syllable, with \[pause at\] six and eleven. / Pṛthvī has ja, sa, ja, sa, ya, a light and a heavy syllable, with a pause at eight and nine. ### [1.209.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.30) Vaṃśapatrapatita has bha, ra, na, na, bha, a light and a heavy syllable, with \[pause at\] ten and seven. / Hariṇī has na, sa, ma, ra, sa, a light and a heavy syllable, with \[pause at\] six, four, and seven. ### [1.209.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.31) Mandākrāntā has ma, bha, na, ta, ta, and two heavy syllables, with \[pause at\] four, six, and seven. / Nardaṭaka has na, ja, bha, ja, ja, a light and a heavy syllable, and a pause \[likewise\]. ### [1.209.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.32) Kokilaka has \[pause at\] seven, six, and four; the Atyaṣṭi class is as before. / Kusumitalatā has ma, ta, na, ya, ya, and ya, with \[pause at\] five, six, and seven, in the Dhṛti class. ### [1.209.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.33) Meghavisphūrjitā has ya, ma, na, sa, ra, ra, and a heavy syllable, with \[pause at\] six, six, and seven. / Śārdūlavikrīḍita has ma, sa, ja, sa, ta, ta, and a heavy syllable, with \[pause at\] twelve and seven. ### [1.209.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.34) The metre is declared to be Atidhṛti; thereafter comes the Kṛti class. / Suvadanā has bha, ra, ma, na, ya, bha, a light and a heavy syllable, with \[pause at\] seven, seven, and six. ### [1.209.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.35) The metre in the quarter having ra, ja, ra, ja, ra, ja, a heavy and a light syllable is Kṛti. / Sragdharā has ma, ra, bha, na, and three ya-gaṇas, with \[pauses at\] three times seven, in the Prakṛti class. ### [1.209.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.36) Bhadraka has bha, ra, na, ra, na, ra, na, and a heavy syllable, with \[pause at\] ten and twelve, according to the Ākṛti class. / Aśvalalita has na, ja, bha, ja, bha, ja, bha, a light and a heavy syllable. ### [1.209.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.37) Mattākrīḍa has ma, ta, na, na, na, a light and a heavy syllable, with \[pause at\] eight, five, and ten, in the Vikṛti class. / Chinnā is spoken of in the Saṃkṛti class; ### [1.209.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.38) Tanvī has the gaṇas bha, ta, na, sa, bha, bha, na, and ya, with \[pause at\] five, seven, and twelve. / Krauñcapadā has bha, ma, sa, bha, \[bha, ma, sa, bha\], with \[pause at\] five, five, eight, and seven, ### [1.209.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.39) and na, na, and a heavy syllable; it is declared in the Atikṛti class; and the Utkṛti metre is spoken of. / Bhujaṅgavijṛmbhita has ma, ma, ta, na, \[na, ra, sa, and a light and heavy syllable\], with \[pause at\] eight, eleven, and seven. ### [1.209.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.40) Apavāha has na, na, ra, sa, \[and three ra-gaṇas\] accompanied by a light and a heavy syllable, / with a pause at six, six, six, and five syllables, and the gaṇas ma and na, six sa-gaṇas, and a heavy syllable. ### [1.209.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.41) This Daṇḍaka metre, Caṇḍavṛttiprapāta, has na, na, and thereafter ra-gaṇas; / from the increase of ra-gaṇas in it, Vyāla, Jīmūta, and the rest arise. ### [1.209.41.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209.41.p1) Thus, in the holy Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, in the first section entitled Ācārakāṇḍa of the first part, the two hundred and ninth chapter, named 'The Description of the Characteristics of Even Metres and the Rest'. ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.209.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.209) · Pramāṇa