Shrutabodha 46_181

46_181

Knowledge of the combinatorial expansion [prastāra].
In a quarter-verse that is all heavy syllables, having placed a light syllable below the first heavy syllable, / one should keep the rest as it was above, and perform this rule repeatedly; / in the deficient [positions] one should supply heavy syllables in this way until it becomes all light syllables: / this has been proclaimed as combinatorial expansion by those who know the varieties of metres.