[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt) › 1.211 # Garudapurana 1.211 English (machine translation) 1.211 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [1.211.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.211.9) — 1 part ### [1.211.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.211.1) Sūta said: / The first quarter has eight syllables, the second has twelve syllables, / the third has sixteen syllables, and the fourth has twenty syllables: / this is the general characteristic of the Padacaturūrdhva class below. ### [1.211.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.211.2) Āpīḍa is declared to consist of all light syllables, with two heavy syllables at the end of the previous quarter. ### [1.211.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.211.3) Kalikā has eight syllables in the second quarter, when the first is twelve; / Lavalī has \[twelve syllables\] in the third, and as before eight syllables; / and this Amṛtadhārā is declared when there are four sets of eight syllables. ### [1.211.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.211.4) (Thus ends the section on the Padacaturūrdhva metre.) / Sajau-salau in the first \[quarter\], na-sa-jau-ga in the second, / bha-na-bhau-ga in the third, and sa-ja-sau-jagau in the fourth: ### [1.211.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.211.5) As before, Saurabhaka has ra, na, bha, and a heavy syllable in the third foot; / Lalita is like the preceding, but has na, na, sa, and sa in the third foot. ### [1.211.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.211.6) (Thus ends the section on the udgatā meter.) / Upasthitapracupita has \[the gaṇas\] ma, sa, ja, bha, and two gurus in the first quarter; sa, na, ja, ra, and a guru in the second; na, na, and sa in the third; and na, na, ja, and ya in the fourth, with the remaining quarters as before. ### [1.211.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.211.7) The distinction in the third quarter is that the meter has \[the gaṇas\] na, na, sa, na, na, and sa. ### [1.211.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.211.8) Ārṣabha has ta, ja, and ra in the third quarter, and the rest is as before. / When the first \[quarter\] is as before and the rest has ta, ja, and ra, it is Śuddhavirāj. ### [1.211.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.211.9) (Thus ends the section on the upasthitapracupita meter.) / Or a meter having quarters of unequal syllables, numbering from five or six onwards, / which has not been stated here, is called a gāthā, as in the case of the ten dharmas and the like. ### [1.211.9.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.211.9.p1) Thus ends the two hundred and eleventh chapter, named "Description of the Characteristics of Unequal Meters and the Like," in the Section on Conduct, called the first part of the first section, in the venerable Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.211.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.211](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.211) · Pramāṇa