The Music of Hindostan c13.s2.2

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c13.s2.2

In the first class (*varṇavṛtta*), when the *pāda* does not exceed eight syllables most of them are of optional quantity; when it exceeds eight the quantity of every syllable is fixed. The typical metre of this class with an eight syllable *pāda* is the *śloka*, the ‘flowing’ measure. The following lines constitute the first two *ślokas* of Bharata’s *Nāṭyaśāstram* (28th *adhyāya*):

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