Shrutabodha 31_127
English (machine translation) 31_127
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31_127
Meaning: "If": in case; "of toṭaka": of that named thus; "fifth syllable": fifth syllable; "heavy": long; "made": should be employed.
"O playful woman": she who has playfulness, charm: in the vocative case for that; "O frail lady": heroine; "numbered by the rasas": the sixth; "if": in case; "heavy": long; "not": should not be;
that is called, that is, spoken of, as "pramitākṣarā", the metre of that name, by the poets, that is, the learned.
Pramitākṣarā metre: quarter-verse, 12 syllables; triplets: sa, ja, sa, sa. Light-light-heavy, light-heavy-light, light-light-heavy, light-light-heavy. (31)